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.^[2]

Eleutherine
Eleutherine bulbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Iridoideae
Tribe:	Tigridieae
Genus:	Eleutherine Herb.[1]
Type species
Eleutherine plicata Herb.
Synonyms[2]
Galatea Salisb. 1812 Galatea Herb. 1819 name published without description Galatea Salisb. ex Kuntze 1891 not Salisb. 1812

The genus name may be derived from the Greek word eleuthera, meaning "free".^[3]

Species^[2]

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