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Genus of flowering plants
Iphigenia is a
flowering plant in the family
Colchicaceae .
[1] It was described by Kunth.
[2] It consists of 11 species distributed from tropical Africa, over Madagascar and India to Australia.
[3] As with other taxa in Colchicaceae Iphigenia contains phenethylisoquinoline alkaloids including
colchicine .
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Species
African species
Arabian species
Indian species
Madagascar species
New Zealand species
Taxonomy
The genus name of Iphigenia is in reference to
Iphigenia , the
Greek mythological character, who was a daughter of King
Agamemnon and Queen
Clytemnestra , and such was a princess of
Mycenae .
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References
^
"Iphigenia" . Retrieved 13 January 2014 .
^ Kunth KS, Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, vol. 4, p. 212. 1843
^ Colchicaceae checklist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - available at
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
^ Vinnersten A & Larsson S, Colchicine is still a chemical marker for the expanded Colchicaceae. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 38: 1193, 2010.
^ Larsson S & Rønsted N, Reviewing Colchicaceae alkaloids - perspectives of evolution on medicinal chemistry. Curr. Topics Med. Chem. 14: 274, 2014
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022).
Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names ] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin.
doi :
10.3372/epolist2022 .
ISBN
978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022 .