| Iphigenia socotrana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Iphigenia |
| Species: | I. socotrana |
| Binomial name | |
| Iphigenia socotrana | |
Iphigenia socotrana is a species of plant in the family Colchicaceae. It is endemic to the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas. [3]
Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes 15 genera with a total of about 285 known species according to Christenhusz and Byng in 2016.
Boswellia is a genus of trees in the order Sapindales, known for its fragrant resin. The biblical incense frankincense is an extract from the resin of the tree Boswellia sacra, and is now produced also from B. frereana.
Caralluma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, consisting of about 120 species.
Crotalaria socotrana is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Tephrosia socotrana is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae.
Farsetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It contains the following species:
Hemicrambe socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only on "an inhospitable and windswept ridge at the western end of Soqotra", Yemen. It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
Boswellia nana is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family endemic to the Yemeni island of Socotra. They are small trees or shrubs, sometimes so bent that they are lying nearly horizontal to the ground.
Boswellia socotrana is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Socotra, Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Euphorbia socotrana is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Thamnosma socotrana is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Thamnosma is a genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in this genus are sometimes known by the common name desertrue.
Wellstedia socotrana is a species of plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is endemic to Yemen.
Wellstedia is a genus of flowering plants traditionally included in the family Boraginaceae s.l., but placed in its own family, Wellstediaceae within the Boraginales order, by the Boraginales Working Group.
Dendrosicyos is a monotypic genus in the plant family Cucurbitaceae. The only species is Dendrosicyos socotranus, the cucumber tree. The species is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen, and is the only species in the Cucurbitaceae to grow in a tree form. The species name was originally spelled D. socotrana, but this is corrected to masculine grammatical gender according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.
Cyanixia is a genus of plants in the Iridaceae, first described in 2003. It contains only one known species, Cyanixia socotrana, a perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plant species endemic to the Island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.
Cryptolepis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae. It includes some 42 species.
Iphigenia is a plant genus in the family Colchicaceae of the major group Angiosperms. It was described by Kunth. It consists of 11 species distributed from tropical Africa, over Madagascar and India to Australia. As with other taxa in Colchicaceae Iphigenia contains phenethylisoquinoline alkaloids including colchicine.
Echidnopsis is a genus of succulent, cactus-like plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1871. They are native to eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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