Cypella
Cypella is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It is distributed in South America, from Peru and Brazil to Northern Argentina.[2] The genus name is likely derived from the Greek word kyphella, meaning "hollow of the ear", and alludes to the shape of the inner tepals.[3]
- Species[2]
 
| Cypella | |
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| Cypella coelestis[1] | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Order: | Asparagales | 
| Family: | Iridaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae | 
| Tribe: | Tigridieae | 
| Genus: | Cypella Herb.  | 
| Type species | |
| Cypella herbertii (Lindley) Herbert  | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Based on DNA and morphological features, the Southamerican genera Kelissa and Onira are now included in Cypella.[4]
- Cypella amambaica Ravenna, Onira 12: 4 (2009). Paraguay
 - Cypella aquatilis Ravenna, Nordic J. Bot. 1: 489 (1981). S. Brazil.
 - Cypella armosa Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 20 (1981). Paraguay to NE. Argentina.
 - Cypella boliviana Huaylla, Kew Bull. 67: 297 (2012). Bolivia
 - Cypella brasiliensis (Baker) Roitman & J.A.Castillo, Darwiniana 45: 238 (2007). southern Brazil
 - Cypella catharinensis Ravenna, Onira 10: 39 (2005). Brazil (Santa Catarina).
 - Cypella craterantha Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 52 (1964). Peru (Cajamarca).
 - Cypella crenata (Vell.) Ravenna, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 10: 312 (1965). Brazil (SE. Minas Gerais to São Paulo).
 - Cypella curuzupensis Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 19 (1981). Paraguay.
 - Cypella discolor Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 16 (1981). S. Brazil.
 - Cypella elegans Speg., Physis (Buenos Aires) 2: 43 (1917). Argentina (Jujuy Province).
 - Cypella exilis Ravenna, Nordic J. Bot. 1: 492 (1981). E. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina.
 - Cypella fucata Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 18 (1981). S. Brazil to NE. Uruguay.
 - Cypella geniculata (Klatt) Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 53 (1964). Brazil.
 - Cypella hauthalii (Kuntze) R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 171: 23 (1950). SE. Paraguay to Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones).
 - Cypella herbertii (Lindl.) Herb., Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2637 (1826). S. Brazil to NE. Argentina.
 - Cypella laeta Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 13 (1981). NE. Argentina.
 - Cypella lapidosa Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 21 (1981). Argentina (Corrientes).
 - Cypella laxa Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 15 (1981). S. Brazil.
 - Cypella luteogibbosa Deble, Phytotaxa 71: 60 (2012). Rio Grande do Sul
 - Cypella magnicristata Deble, Phytotaxa 71: 63 (2012). Rio Grande do Sul
 - Cypella mandonii Rusby, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 125 (1896). Bolivia.
 - Cypella oreophila Speg., Physis (Buenos Aires) 2: 44 (1917). NW. Argentina.
 - Cypella osteniana Beauverd, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève 14: 165 (1922 publ. 1923). Uruguay.
 - Cypella pabstiana Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 18 (1981). Brazil (Paraná).
 - Cypella pusilla (Link & Otto) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1: 689 (1893). S. Brazil.
 - Cypella suffusa Ravenna, Onira 12: 1 (2009). Argentina (Misiones Province)
 - Cypella trimontina Ravenna, Onira 12: 2 (2009). Argentina (Corrientes Province)
 - Cypella unguiculata (Baker) Roitman & J.A.Castillo - Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul
 - Cypella yatayphila Ravenna, Onira 12: 3 (2009). Argentina (Entre Ríos Province)
 
- formerly included
 
- Cypella gigantea Klatt = Phalocallis coelestis (Lehm.) Ravenna
 
References
    
- illustration accompanying 1839 description by William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) - Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 65 NS. 12 tabl. 3710 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/433239)
 - Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families
 - Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 238–39. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.
 - Goldblatt, P. & John Manning. 2008. The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Timber Press, 290 pp. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6
 
Bibliography
    
- Flora Brasiliensis *Brazilian species of Cypella
 - Dimitri, M. 1987. Enciclopedia Argentina de Agricultura y Jardinería. Tomo I. Descripción de plantas cultivadas. Editorial ACME S.A.C.I., Buenos AIres.
 - Roitman, G & Castillo, A. Novedades en el género Cypella. Bol. Soc. Argent. de Botánica 38: 337-339 (2003).
 
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