Eleutherine bulbosa (Cultivated)Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 305 1918. (Syn: Antholyza meriana Blanco [Illegitimate]; Bermudiana bulbosa (Mill.) Molina; Bermudiana congesta (Klatt) Kuntze; Cipura plicata (Sw.) Griseb.; Eleutherine americana (Aubl.) Merr. ex K.Heyne; Eleutherine anomala Herb.; Eleutherine longifolia Gagnep.; Eleutherine plicata (Sw.) Herb.; Eleutherine plicata Herb. ex Klatt; Eleutherine subaphylla Gagnep.; Ferraria parviflora Salisb.; Galatea americana (Aubl.) Kuntze; Galatea bulbosa (Mill.) Britton; Galatea plicata (Sw.) Baker; Galatea vespertina Salisb. [Invalid]; Ixia americana Aubl.; Marica plicata (Sw.) Ker Gawl. [Illegitimate]; Moraea plicata Sw. [Illegitimate]; Sisyrinchium altissimum Ten.; Sisyrinchium americanum (Aubl.) Lemée; Sisyrinchium bulbosum Mill.; Sisyrinchium capitatum Pers.; Sisyrinchium congestum Klatt; Sisyrinchium elatum Seub. ex Klatt; Sisyrinchium latifolium Sw.; Sisyrinchium palmifolium Cav. [Illegitimate]; Sisyrinchium palmifolium var. congestum (Klatt) Baker; Sisyrinchium palmifolium var. intihuatanense Vargas; Sisyrinchium plicatum (Sw.) Spreng.; Sisyrinchium racemosum Pers.; (=) Eleutherine palmifolia auct.); Caribbean to S. Trop. America as per WCSP; Monocot garden plant for id from Trivandrum: 250613 : SS-1 : Attachments (8). 6 posts by 5 authors.Please help to identify this monocot plant with white flowers from a garden in Trivandrum.Photographed today (25.6.13)Looks somewhat like Iris flower??Any Hypoxis sp.?This is Eleuthrine plicata of Iridaceae, commonly known in Malayalam as Vishanarayani. Thanks … for the correct ID.Beautiful. I had this plant in my garden at home. I remember identifying it as Eleutherine plicata.By the way, …, I never seen a white Hypoxis. Strange, why all Hypoxis and Curculigo are yellow !! References:The Plant List Ver. 1.1 WCSP GRIN Top Tropical India Biodiversity Portal Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy – Rheedea Updated on December 24, 2024
