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Iphigenia
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Iphigenia

Iphigenia is a plant genus in the family Colchicaceae of the major group Angiosperms. It was described by Kunth. It consists of 11 species distributed from tropical Africa, over Madagascar and India to Australia. As with other taxa in Colchicaceae Iphigenia contains phenethylisoquinoline alkaloids including colchicine.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Iphigenia indica

speciesIphigenia indica

Pallid grass lily

speciesIphigenia pallida

Iphigenia brevis

speciesIphigenia brevis

Ratnagiri grass lily

speciesIphigenia ratnagirica

Iphigenia magnifica

speciesIphigenia magnifica

Iphigenia stellata

speciesIphigenia stellata

Iphigenia oliveri

speciesIphigenia oliveri

Iphigenia socotrana

speciesIphigenia socotrana

Iphigenia robusta

speciesIphigenia robusta

Iphigenia pauciflora

speciesIphigenia pauciflora

Iphigenia mysorensis

speciesIphigenia mysorensis

Iphigenia boinensis

speciesIphigenia boinensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 180348.