Tigridia Illecebrosa

''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'', is often cultivated for this. The approximately 35 species in this family grow in the Americas, from Mexico to Chile. 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 Aztecs of Mexico 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 ''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'' 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'' Molseed - southern Mexico
* ''Tigridia gracielae'' Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - México State
* ''Tigridia hallbergii'' Molseed - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala
* ''Tigridia hintonii'' Molseed - Guerrero
* ''Tigridia huajuapanensis'' Molseed ex Cruden - Oaxaca
* ''Tigridia huyanae'' (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'' 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
* '' Tigridia pavonia'' (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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Iridaceae
Iridaceae genera