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Calydorea
Calydorea is a small genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the iris family (Iridaceae) native to Mexico and South America. The plants in the genus are small with tunicated bulbs. The flowers are light blue, violet, white, or yellow, depending on the species, of which there are around twenty. Taxonomists considered that the already known genera Salpingostylis (endemic from Florida), Cardiostigma (from Mexico), Catila (from Brazil) and Itysa (from Venezuela) are not enough different...
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tahay
speciesCalydorea xiphioides
Calydorea nuda
speciesCalydorea nuda
Calydorea amabilis
speciesCalydorea amabilis
Calydorea crocoides
speciesCalydorea crocoides
Calydorea charruana
speciesCalydorea charruana
Calydorea campestris
speciesCalydorea campestris
Calydorea approximata
speciesCalydorea approximata
Calydorea azurea
speciesCalydorea azurea
Calydorea pallens
speciesCalydorea pallens
Calydorea gardneri
speciesCalydorea gardneri
Calydorea undulata
speciesCalydorea undulata
Calydorea luteola
speciesCalydorea luteola
Calydorea basaltica
speciesCalydorea basaltica
Calydorea minima
speciesCalydorea minima
Calydorea alba
speciesCalydorea alba
Calydorea cipuroides
speciesCalydorea cipuroides
Calydorea bifida
speciesCalydorea bifida
Calydorea longipes
speciesCalydorea longipes
Calydorea minuana
speciesCalydorea minuana
Calydorea riograndensis
speciesCalydorea riograndensis
Calydorea venezolensis
speciesCalydorea venezolensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 141047.