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;

 

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Monocot garden plant for id from Trivandrum: 250613 : SS-1 : Attachments (8).  6 posts by 5 authors.

Looks somewhat like Iris flower??

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Any Hypoxis sp.?

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This is Eleuthrine plicata of Iridaceae, commonly known in Malayalam as Vishanarayani. 

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Thanks … for the correct ID.

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Beautiful. I had this plant in my garden at home. I remember identifying it as Eleutherine plicata.

  

 

References:

The Plant List Ver. 1.1  WCSP  GRIN  Top Tropical  India Biodiversity Portal  Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy – Rheedea