herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It is distributed in South America, from Peru and Brazil to Northern Argentina.Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families /ref> The genus name is likely derived from the Greek word ''kyphella'', meaning "hollow of the ear", and alludes to the shape of the inner tepals.
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Based on DNA and morphological features, the Southamerican genera '' Kelissa'' and '' Onira'' are now included in ''Cypella''.Goldblatt, P. & John Manning. 2008. ''The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification''. Timber Press, 290 pp.
* '' Cypella amambaica'' Ravenna, Onira 12: 4 (2009). Paraguay
* '' Cypella aquatilis'' Ravenna, Nordic J. Bot. 1: 489 (1981). S. Brazil.
* '' Cypella armosa'' Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 20 (1981). Paraguay to NE. Argentina.
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Cypella boliviana
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'' Huaylla, Kew Bull. 67: 297 (2012). Bolivia
* '' Cypella brasiliensis'' (Baker) Roitman & J.A.Castillo, Darwiniana 45: 238 (2007). southern Brazil
* '' Cypella catharinensis'' Ravenna, Onira 10: 39 (2005). Brazil ( Santa Catarina).
* '' Cypella craterantha'' Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 52 (1964). Peru (
Cajamarca
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Cypella elegans
''Cypella elegans'' is a herbaceous plant species in the genus '' Cypella'' endemic to Jujuy Province in northwestern Argentina .Múlgura, M.E. (1996). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 205-217. Missouri Botanical ...
'' Speg., Physis (Buenos Aires) 2: 43 (1917). Argentina ( Jujuy Province).
* '' Cypella exilis'' Ravenna, Nordic J. Bot. 1: 492 (1981). E. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina.
* '' Cypella fucata'' Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 18 (1981). S. Brazil to NE. Uruguay.
* '' Cypella geniculata'' (Klatt) Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 53 (1964). Brazil.
* '' Cypella hauthalii'' (Kuntze) R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 171: 23 (1950). SE. Paraguay to Argentina ( Corrientes,
Misiones
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* '' Cypella herbertii'' (Lindl.) Herb., Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2637 (1826). S. Brazil to NE. Argentina.
* '' Cypella laeta'' Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 13 (1981). NE. Argentina.
* '' Cypella lapidosa'' Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 21 (1981). Argentina (Corrientes).
* '' Cypella laxa'' Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 15 (1981). S. Brazil.
* '' Cypella luteogibbosa'' Deble, Phytotaxa 71: 60 (2012). Rio Grande do Sul
* '' Cypella magnicristata'' Deble, Phytotaxa 71: 63 (2012). Rio Grande do Sul
* '' Cypella mandonii'' Rusby, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 125 (1896).
Bolivia
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* Flora Brasiliensis Brazilian species of ''Cypella'' * Dimitri, M. 1987. Enciclopedia Argentina de Agricultura y Jardinería. Tomo I. Descripción de plantas cultivadas. Editorial ACME S.A.C.I., Buenos AIres.
* Roitman, G & Castillo, A. Novedades en el género ''Cypella''. Bol. Soc. Argent. de Botánica 38: 337-339 (2003).