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Tigridia

Tigridia, is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger flowers, jaguar flowers, or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, Tigridia pavonia, is often cultivated for this. The approximately 60 species in this family grow in the Americas, from Mexico down to Chile.

Species
There are 60 species accepted by Plants of the World Online; • Tigridia albicans Ravenna - Tacna Province in Peru • Tigridia alpestris Molseed - Mexico • Tigridia amatlanensis Aarón Rodr. & García-Mend - Oaxaca • Tigridia arequipensisTigridia augusta Drapiez - central + southern Mexico • Tigridia azufresensisTigridia bicolor Molseed - Oaxaca • Tigridia catarinensis Cruden - San Luis Potosí • Tigridia chiapensis Molseed ex Cruden - Chiapas • Tigridia chrysantha Cruden & S.J.Walker ex McVaugh - Jalisco • Tigridia citrinaTigridia coeruleaTigridia convoluta (Ravenna) Goldblatt - Oaxaca • Tigridia conzattii (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt - Oaxaca • Tigridia dugesii S.Watson - Jalisco • Tigridia durangensis Molseed ex Cruden - Durango • Tigridia ehrenbergii (Schltdl.) Molseed - Mexico • Tigridia estelae López-Ferr. & Espejo - Durango • Tigridia flammea (Lindl.) Ravenna - Michoacán • Tigridia fosteriTigridia galanthoides Molseed - southern Mexico • Tigridia gracielae Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - México State • Tigridia hallbergii Molseed - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala • Tigridia helianthaTigridia hintonii Molseed - Guerrero • Tigridia huajuapanensis Molseed ex Cruden - Oaxaca • Tigridia huyanae (J.F.Macbr.) Ravenna - Lima Province in Peru • Tigridia immaculata (Herb.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala • Tigridia inusitata (Cruden) Ravenna - Guerrero • Tigridia latifoliaTigridia longispathaTigridia lutea - Lima and Ancash provinces of Peru • Tigridia mariaetrinitatis Espejo & López-Ferr. - Oaxaca • Tigridia martinezii Calderón - Hidalgo • Tigridia matudae Molseed - México State • Tigridia meleagris (Lindl.) G.Nicholson - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala • Tigridia mexicana Molseed - central + southern Mexico • Tigridia minuta Ravenna - Apurímac + Ayacucho Provinces in Peru • Tigridia molseediana Ravenna - Oaxaca, Guatemala • Tigridia mortonii Molseed - México State • Tigridia multiflora (Baker) Ravenna - central + southern Mexico • Tigridia nanchititlensisTigridia oaxacana (Molseed) Goldblatt - Oaxaca • Tigridia orthantha (Lem.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala • Tigridia pavonia (L.f.) Redouté - Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras • Tigridia pearcei (Baker) Ravenna - Huánuco region in Peru • Tigridia philippiana I.M.Johnst. - Tarapacá + Antofagasta Provinces in Chile • Tigridia potosina López-Ferr. & Espejo - San Luis Potosí • Tigridia pugana Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Jalisco • Tigridia pulchella B.L.Rob. - Jalisco, Michoacán • Tigridia purpusii Molseed - Puebla and northern Oaxaca • Tigridia purruchucana (Herb.) Ravenna - Lima Province in Peru • Tigridia raimondii Ravenna - Arequipa Province in Peru • Tigridia rzedowskiana Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Querétaro • Tigridia seleriana (Loes.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala • Tigridia suarezii Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Jalisco • Tigridia tepoxtlana Ravenna - Morelos • Tigridia tuitensisTigridia vanhouttei(Baker) Espejo & López-Ferr - central + northeastern Mexico • Tigridia venusta Cruden - Michoacán ==Hybrids==
Hybrids
Several hybrids exist, including; Tigridia × mathewii , first published in Phytoneuron 2015-53: 4 in 2015. It is an artificial hybrid, a cross of T. orthantha × T. pavonia. ==Distribution==
Distribution
They are native to the countries (and regions) of; northern Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Peru. They have been introduced into: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Madeira. ==References==
Other sources
• Rodriguez, A. and K. Sytsma. 2006. Phylogeny of the "Tiger-flower" group (Tigrideae: Iridaceae): Molecular and morphological evidence. Pp. 412–424, in J.T. Columbus, E.A. Friar, J.M. Porter, L.M. Prince and M.G. Simpson (eds.). Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution, Vol. 1. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont.
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