''Tigridia'' , is a genus of

bulb In botany, a bulb is structurally a short 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 ...

ous or

corm A corm, bulbo-tuber, or bulbotuber is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ that some plants use to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (perennation). The word ' ...

ous flowering plants belonging to the family

Iridaceae Iridaceae is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises, meaning rainbow, referring to its many colours. There are 66 accepted genera with a total of c. 2244 species worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016). It include ...

. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''

Tigridia pavonia ''Tigridia pavonia'' is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae. Common names include jockey's cap lily, Mexican shellflower, peacock flower, tiger iris,Alan Davidson and tiger flower. This summer-flowering bulbous herbace ...

'', is often cultivated for this. The approximately 35 species in this family grow in the Americas, from

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. The tigridia flower is short lived, each often blooming for only one day, but often several flowers will bloom from the same stalk. Usually they are dormant during the winter dry-season. The roots are edible and were eaten by the

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who called it ''cacomitl'', and its flower ''ocēlōxōchitl'' "jaguar flower". The genus name ''Tigridia'' means "tiger-like", and alludes to the coloration and spotting of the flowers of the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

''Tigridia pavonia''.Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Iridaceae. In Flora of Guatemala - Part III. Fieldiana, Botany 24(3): 159–178

Species

* '' Tigridia albicans'' Ravenna - Tacna Province in Peru * '' Tigridia alpestris'' Molseed - Mexico * '' Tigridia amatlanensis'' Aarón Rodr. & García-Mend - Oaxaca * '' Tigridia augusta'' Drapiez - central + southern Mexico * '' Tigridia bicolor'' Molseed - Oaxaca * '' Tigridia catarinensis'' Cruden - San Luis Potosí * ''

Tigridia chiapensis ''Tigridia'' , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''Tigridia pavonia'' ...

'' Molseed ex Cruden - Chiapas * '' Tigridia chrysantha'' Cruden & S.J.Walker ex McVaugh - Jalisco * '' Tigridia convoluta'' (Ravenna) Goldblatt - Oaxaca * '' Tigridia conzattii'' (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt - Oaxaca * '' Tigridia dugesii'' S.Watson - Jalisco * '' Tigridia durangense'' Molseed ex Cruden - Durango * '' Tigridia ehrenbergii'' (Schltdl.) Molseed - Mexico * '' Tigridia estelae'' López-Ferr. & Espejo - Durango * '' Tigridia flammea'' (Lindl.) Ravenna - Michoacán * ''

Tigridia galanthoides ''Tigridia'' , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''Tigridia pavonia'' ...

'' Molseed - southern Mexico * ''

Tigridia gracielae ''Tigridia'' , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''Tigridia pavonia'' ...

'' Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - México State * ''

Tigridia hallbergii ''Tigridia'' , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''Tigridia pavonia'' ...

'' Molseed - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala * ''

Tigridia hintonii ''Tigridia'' , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''Tigridia pavonia'' ...

'' Molseed - Guerrero * ''

Tigridia huajuapanensis ''Tigridia'' , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''Tigridia pavonia'' ...

'' Molseed ex Cruden - Oaxaca * ''

Tigridia huyanae ''Tigridia'' , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''Tigridia pavonia'' ...

'' (J.F.Macbr.) Ravenna - Lima Province in Peru * '' Tigridia illecebrosa'' Cruden - central + southern Mexico * '' Tigridia immaculata'' (Herb.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala * '' Tigridia inusitata'' (Cruden) Ravenna - Guerrero * '' Tigridia mariaetrinitatis'' Espejo & López-Ferr. - Oaxaca * '' Tigridia martinezii'' Calderón - Hidalgo * '' Tigridia matudae'' Molseed - México State * '' Tigridia meleagris'' (Lindl.) G.Nicholson - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala * '' Tigridia mexicana'' Molseed - central + southern Mexico * '' Tigridia minuta'' Ravenna - Apurímac + Ayacucho Provinces in Peru * ''

Tigridia molseediana ''Tigridia'' , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''Tigridia pavonia'' ...

'' Ravenna - Oaxaca, Guatemala * '' Tigridia mortonii'' Molseed - México State * '' Tigridia multiflora'' (Baker) Ravenna - central + southern Mexico * '' Tigridia oaxacana'' (Molseed) Goldblatt - Oaxaca * '' Tigridia orthantha'' (Lem.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala * ''

'' (L.f.) Redouté - widespread across much of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras; naturalized in Peru, Ecuador, Madeira * '' Tigridia pearcei'' (Baker) Ravenna - Huánuco region in Peru * '' Tigridia philippiana'' I.M.Johnst. - Tarapacá + Antofagasta Provinces in Chile * '' Tigridia potosina'' López-Ferr. & Espejo - San Luis Potosí * '' Tigridia pugana'' Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Jalisco * '' Tigridia pulchella'' B.L.Rob. - Jalisco, Michoacán * '' Tigridia purpusii'' Molseed - Puebla * '' Tigridia purruchucana'' (Herb.) Ravenna - Lima Province in Peru * '' Tigridia raimondii'' Ravenna - Arequipa Province in Peru * '' Tigridia rzedowskiana'' Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Querétaro * '' Tigridia seleriana'' (Loes.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala * '' Tigridia suarezii'' Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Jalisco * '' Tigridia tepoxtlana'' Ravenna - Morelos * '' Tigridia vanhouttei''(Baker) Espejo & López-Ferr - central + northeastern Mexico * '' Tigridia venusta'' Cruden - Michoacán * '' Tigridia violacea'' Schiede ex Schltdl. - central + southern Mexico

References

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