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in the family

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. It consists in five species distributed from

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. The genus name is derived from the

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words ''ennea'', meaning "nine", and ''lophus'', meaning "crest".

List of species

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Ennealophus boliviensis ''Ennealophus'' is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists in five species distributed from Ecuador to Northern Brazil and Northwest Argentina. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''en ...

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, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977).

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Ennealophus euryandrus ''Ennealophus'' is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists in five species distributed from Ecuador to Northern Brazil and Northwest Argentina. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''en ...

'' ( Griseb.) Ravenna, Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso 6: 42 (1973). Northwest Argentina. *''

Ennealophus fimbriatus ''Ennealophus'' is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists in five species distributed from Ecuador to Northern Brazil and Northwest Argentina. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''en ...

'' Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 232 (1983). Northwest de Argentina. *''

Ennealophus foliosus ''Ennealophus'' is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists in five species distributed from Ecuador to Northern Brazil and Northwest Argentina. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''en ...

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) Ravenna, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977). Ecuador to

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Ennealophus simplex ''Ennealophus'' is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists in five species distributed from Ecuador to Northern Brazil and Northwest Argentina. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''en ...

'' (Ravenna) Roitman & J.A.Castillo, Darwiniana 45: 238 (2007). Northwest Argentina (

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, Tucumán). It is a synonym of ''Tucma simplex'' Ravenna.

References

Bibliography

*Chiarini, Franco E. El cariotipo de ''Ennealophus fimbriatus'' (Iridaceae). Arnaldoa, ene./dic. 2005, vol.12, no.1-2, p. 48-52. ISSN 1815-8242. *Ravenna P. 1983. A new species and a new subgenus in ''Ennealophus'' (Iridaceae). Wrightia, 7. (3): 232-234 Iridaceae genera Iridaceae Taxa named by N. E. Brown Flora of Southern America {{Iridaceae-stub