Tigridia

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For the butterfly genus, see Tigridia (butterfly).

Tigridia
Tigridia pavonia in Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Iridaceae Genus: Tigridia Juss.
Species
See text.

Tigridia (tiger-flowers or shell flowers) is a genus of bulbous or cormous plants, belonging to the family Iridaceae. They have large showy flowers and one species, Tigridia pavonia, is often cultivated for this. The approximately thirty five species in this family grow in the Western Hemisphere, 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. Its roots are edible and was eaten by the Aztecs of Mexico who called it cacomitl and its flower ocēlōxōchitl "Jaguar flower".

Species of Tigridia:

• Tigridia chiapensis
• Tigridia dugesii
• Tigridia durangense
• Tigridia ehrenbergii
• Tigridia hallbergii
• Tigridia mexicana
• Tigridia pavonia
• Tigridia multiflora
• Tigridia orthantha
• Tigridia vanhouttei
• Tigridia violacea
• Tigridia flammea
• Tigridia immaculata
• Tigridia inusitata
• Tigridia philippiana
• Tigridia huajuapanensis
• Tigridia pasiflora
• Tigridia meleagris
• Tigridia molseediana
• Tigridia alpestris
• Tigridia seleriana
• Tigridia bicolor

[edit] External links

• Description of the Tigridia family