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tiger-flowers
Tigridia
Tigridia /taɪˈɡrɪdiə/, the peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, is a genus of bulbous or cormous plants, belonging to the family Iridaceae. They have large showy flowers and one species, Tigridia pavonia, is often cultivated for this. The approximately thirty five species in this family grow in the Western Hemisphere, from Mexico to Chile. The tigridia flower is short lived, each often blooming for only one day, but often several flowers will bloom from the same...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tiger flower
speciesTigridia pavonia
Tigridia vanhouttei
speciesTigridia vanhouttei
Tigridia augusta
speciesTigridia augusta
Tigridia orthantha
speciesTigridia orthantha
Tigridia meleagris
speciesTigridia meleagris
Tigridia multiflora
speciesTigridia multiflora
Tigridia longispatha
speciesTigridia longispatha
Tigridia dugesii
speciesTigridia dugesii
Tigridia hallbergii
speciesTigridia hallbergii
Tigridia immaculata
speciesTigridia immaculata
Tigridia durangensis
speciesTigridia durangensis
Tigridia mexicana
speciesTigridia mexicana
Tigridia ehrenbergii
speciesTigridia ehrenbergii
Tigridia citrina
speciesTigridia citrina
Tigridia galanthoides
speciesTigridia galanthoides
Tigridia alpestris
speciesTigridia alpestris
Tigridia huajuapanensis
speciesTigridia huajuapanensis
Tigridia seleriana
speciesTigridia seleriana
Tigridia latifolia
speciesTigridia latifolia
Tigridia purpusii
speciesTigridia purpusii
Tigridia bicolor
speciesTigridia bicolor
Tigridia heliantha
speciesTigridia heliantha
Tigridia pearcei
speciesTigridia pearcei
Tigridia chiapensis
speciesTigridia chiapensis
Tigridia coerulea
speciesTigridia coerulea
Tigridia chrysantha
speciesTigridia chrysantha
Tigridia azufresensis
speciesTigridia azufresensis
Tigridia arequipensis
speciesTigridia arequipensis
Tigridia pugana
speciesTigridia pugana
Tigridia rzedowskiana
speciesTigridia rzedowskiana
Tigridia oaxacana
speciesTigridia oaxacana
Tigridia estelae
speciesTigridia estelae
Tigridia inusitata
speciesTigridia inusitata
Tigridia tepoxtlana
speciesTigridia tepoxtlana
Tigridia pulchella
speciesTigridia pulchella
Tigridia fosteri
speciesTigridia fosteri
Tigridia suarezii
speciesTigridia suarezii
Tigridia amatlanensis
speciesTigridia amatlanensis
Tigridia lutea
speciesTigridia lutea
Tigridia convoluta
speciesTigridia convoluta
Tigridia potosina
speciesTigridia potosina
Tigridia mariaetrinitatis
speciesTigridia mariaetrinitatis
Tigridia mortonii
speciesTigridia mortonii
Tigridia conzattii
speciesTigridia conzattii
Tigridia philippiana
speciesTigridia philippiana
Tigridia nana
speciesTigridia nana
Tigridia raimondii
speciesTigridia raimondii
Tigridia catarinensis
speciesTigridia catarinensis
Tigridia hintonii
speciesTigridia hintonii
Tigridia martinezii
speciesTigridia martinezii
Tigridia matudae
speciesTigridia matudae
Tigridia molseediana
speciesTigridia molseediana
Tigridia venusta
speciesTigridia venusta
Tigridia gracielae
speciesTigridia gracielae
Tigridia tuitensis
speciesTigridia tuitensis
Tigridia nanchititlensis
speciesTigridia nanchititlensis
Tigridia albicans
speciesTigridia albicans
Tigridia huyanae
speciesTigridia huyanae
Tigridia minuta
speciesTigridia minuta
Tigridia purruchucana
speciesTigridia purruchucana
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 146596.