genus
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perennial
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herbaceous
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Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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bulbous plants
Bulb or Bulbs may refer to:
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in the family
Iridaceae
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native to
Mexico
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South America
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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families /ref> The plants in the genus are small with tunicated bulbs. The flowers are light blue, violet, white, or yellow, depending on the species, of which there are around twenty. Taxonomists considered that the already known genera ''Salpingostylis'' (endemic from Florida), ''Cardiostigma'' (from Mexico), ''Catila'' (from Brazil) and ''Itysa'' (from Venezuela) are not enough different from each other to justify their taxonomic segregation and, for this reason, all of them are now included in ''Calydorea''.
The genus name is derived from the
Greek
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words ''caly'', meaning "sheathed", and ''dorea'', meaning "spear".
; SpeciesRoyal Horticultural Society, Kew. A detailed checklist for genus ''Calydorea'' . /ref>
* '' Calydorea alba'' Roitman & A.Castillo, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 40: 311 (2005).
Uruguay
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* '' Calydorea amabilis'' (Ravenna) Goldblatt & Henrich, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 511 (1991). Southern Brazil to North Eastern Argentina. (Syn.: ''Catila amabilis'' Ravenna)
* '' Calydorea approximata'' R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 46 (1945).
Bolivia
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to North Eastern Argentina.
* '' Calydorea azurea'' Klatt, Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 387 (1882). Bolivia to Uruguay.
* '' Calydorea basaltica'' Ravenna, Onira 10: 40 (2005). Brazil ( Paraná).
* '' Calydorea bifida'' Ravenna, Onira 9: 23 (2003).
Chile
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Colombia
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Venezuela
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* '' Calydorea crocoides'' Ravenna, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 10: 311 (1965). South Eastern and Southern Brazil.
* '' Calydorea gardneri'' Baker, J. Bot. 14: 188 (1876). Brazil (
Piauí
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Mato Grosso
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* '' Calydorea longipes'' Ravenna, Onira 10: 41 (2005). Brazil (Paraná).
* '' Calydorea longispatha'' (Herb.) Baker, J. Bot. 14: 188 (1876). Central and South Western Mexico.
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Calydorea luteola
''Calydorea'' is a small genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae native to Mexico and South America. The plants in the genus are small with tunicated bulbs. The flowers are light blue, violet, white, or yellow, d ...
'' (Klatt) Baker, J. Bot. 14: 188 (1876). S. Brazil.
* '' Calydorea mexicana'' (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt & Henrich, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 510 (1991). Mexico (
Mexico State
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Paraguay
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Corrientes Province
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* Goldblatt, P. & J.E. Henrich. 1991. ''Calydorea'' Herbert (Iridaceae-Tigridieae): Notes on this New World genus and reduction to synonymy of ''Salpingostylis'', ''Cardiostigma'', ''Itysa'' and ''Catila''. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 78: 504-511
* Muñoz-Schick, M. Tres nuevas Monocotiledóneas descubiertas en Chile: ''Alstroemeria mollensis'' M.Muñoz et A.Brinck (Alstroemeriaceae), ''Miersia chilensis'' var. ''bicolor'' M.Muñoz (Gilliesiaceae) y ''Calydorea chilensis'' M.Muñoz (Iridaceae) Gayana Bot., 2003, vol.60, no.2, p.101-106. * Roitman, G. & Castillo, A. ''Calydorea alba'' (Iridaceae, Tigrideae), a new species from Uruguay. Boletín Sociedad Argentina Botánica. 40 (3-4) 2005.