Iridaceae
Cypella

Cypella geniculata (Klatt) Ravenna

First published in Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 53 (1964)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Goldblatt, P. (2007). Personal communication on Iridaceae 1.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Dubs, B. in Dubs, B. (1998). Prodromus Florae Matogrossensis: 129-130. Betrona Verlag, Küsnacht. [Cited as Alophia geniculata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Phalocallis geniculata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dubs, B. in Dubs, B. (1998). Prodromus Florae Matogrossensis: 129-130. Betrona Verlag, Küsnacht.
  • do Rocio Viera, E., dos Santos, É.P. & Tardivo, R.C. (2003). Flórula do Morro dos Perdidos, Sierra de Araçatuba, Paraná, Brasil: Iridaceae. Estudos de Biologia, Universidade Católica do Paraná 25(51): 17-29.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0