Iphigenia (plant)
Iphigenia is a plant genus in the family Colchicaceae of the major group Angiosperms. It was described by Kunth. It consists of 11 species distributed from tropical Africa, over Madagascar and India to Australia. As with other taxa in Colchicaceae Iphigenia contains phenethylisoquinoline alkaloids including colchicine.Species
African species
- Iphigenia oliveri Engl.
- Iphigenia pauciflora Martelli
- Iphigenia socotrana Thulin
Indian species
- Iphigenia indica A.Gray ex Kunth - range extending to China, New Guinea + Australia
- Iphigenia magnifica Ansari & R.S.Rao
- Iphigenia mysorensis Arekal & S.N.Ramaswamy
- Iphigenia pallida Baker
- Iphigenia sahyadrica Ansari & R.S.Rao
- Iphigenia stellata Blatt.
Madagascar species
- Iphigenia boinensis H.Perrier
- Iphigenia robusta Baker
- Iphigenia novae-zelandiae Baker
