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Ennealophus sp.

Ennealophus sp.


Family: Iridaceae
Order: Asparagales
Class: Liliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Ennealophus is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists in five species distributed from Ecuador to Northern Brazil and Northwest Argentina. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ennea, meaning "nine", and lophus, meaning "crest".

List of species: The species of the genus and their geographic distribution is the following:
  • Ennealophus boliviensis (Baker) Ravenna, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977). Bolivia.
  • Ennealophus euryandrus (Griseb.) Ravenna, Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso 6: 42 (1973). Northwest Argentina.
  • Ennealophus fimbriatus Ravenna, Wrightia 7: 232 (1983). Northwest de Argentina.
  • Ennealophus foliosus (Kunth) Ravenna, Notas Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. (Chile) 21: 8 (1977). Ecuador to Peru and Northern Brazil.
  • Ennealophus simplex (Ravenna) Roitman & J.A.Castillo, Darwiniana 45: 238 (2007). Northwest Argentina (Jujuy, Tucumán). It is a synonym of Tucma simplex Ravenna.

Source: Wikipedia, article Ennealophus sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 619583
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Las Juntas
Catamarca
Argentina
01/24/2024
Fabrizio García



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
223943724/01/2024ArgentinaCatamarcaLas JuntasFabrizio García
240595720/02/2023ArgentinaTucumánCascada el Rincón, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Ennealophus sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 21/09/2026.