Eleutherine

Eleutherine is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.

The genus name may be derived from the Greek word eleuthera, meaning "free".

• Eleutherine angusta <small>Ravenna</small> - Paraguay, Mato Grosso do Sul
• Eleutherine bulbosa <small>(Mill.) Urb.</small> - West Indies, South America; naturalized in Zaire, Réunion, India, Cambodia, Vietnam
• Eleutherine citriodora <small>(Ravenna) Ravenna</small> - Bolivia, northern Argentina
• Eleutherine latifolia <small>(Standl. & L.O.Williams) Ravenna</small> - Mexico, Central America, Bolivia, northern Argentina

References

• Peter Goldblatt and Neil Snow. 1991. Systematics and Chromosome Cytology of Eleutherine Herbert (Iridaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 78, No. 4 (1991), pp.&nbsp;942–949.