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''Cypella'' is a genus of
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" The fourth edition of t ...
, 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. ; Species 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. * ''
Cypella boliviana ''Cypella'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It is distributed in South America, from Peru and Brazil to Northern Argentina. The genus name is likely derived from the Greek word ''kyphella'' ...
'' 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 (
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). * '' Cypella crenata'' (Vell.) Ravenna, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 10: 312 (1965). Brazil (SE. Minas Gerais to São Paulo). * '' Cypella curuzupensis'' Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 19 (1981). Paraguay. * '' Cypella discolor'' Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 16 (1981). S. Brazil. * ''
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,
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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).
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. * '' Cypella oreophila'' Speg., Physis (Buenos Aires) 2: 44 (1917). NW. Argentina. * '' Cypella osteniana'' Beauverd, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève 14: 165 (1922 publ. 1923). Uruguay. * '' Cypella pabstiana'' Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 18 (1981). Brazil ( Paraná). * '' Cypella pusilla'' (Link & Otto) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1: 689 (1893). S. Brazil. * '' Cypella suffusa'' Ravenna, Onira 12: 1 (2009). Argentina (Misiones Province) * '' Cypella trimontina'' Ravenna, Onira 12: 2 (2009). Argentina (Corrientes Province) * '' Cypella unguiculata'' (Baker) Roitman & J.A.Castillo - Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul * '' Cypella yatayphila'' Ravenna, Onira 12: 3 (2009). Argentina (Entre Ríos Province) ; formerly included * '' Cypella gigantea'' Klatt = '' Phalocallis coelestis'' (Lehm.) Ravenna


References


Bibliography

* 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).


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Images of several species of ''Cypella''

Images of several species of ''Cypella'' at Bulbsociety
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