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Iphigenia (plant)
Genus of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[4][5]
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Iphigenia | |
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Iphigenia stellata | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Colchicaceae |
Genus: | Iphigenia Kunth |
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