genus
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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
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and
bulbous
In botany, a bulb is a short underground stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...
plants in the family
Iridaceae
Iridaceae () is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the Iris (plant), irises. It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of about 2500 species. It includes a number of economically importan ...
. It is distributed in
South America
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, from
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
and
Brazil
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to Northern
Argentina
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Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
word ''kyphella'', meaning "hollow of the ear", and alludes to the shape of the inner
tepal
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s.
; Species
Based on DNA and morphological features, the South American 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
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Peru
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Cajamarca
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Minas Gerais
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to
São Paulo
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Paraguay
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Jujuy Province
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Geography
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* '' 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
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Corrientes
Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragui, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It has ...
,
Misiones
Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...
).
* '' 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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Paraná Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to:
Geology
* Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America
Places In Argentina
*Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city
* Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province
In Brazil
*Paraná (state), a state ...
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* ''
Cypella pusilla
''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 language, Greek word ''kyp ...
'' (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).