What is "tigridia"

Tigridia , the peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, is a genus of bulbous or cormous plants, belonging to the family Iridaceae. They have large showy flowers and one species, Tigridia pavonia, is often cultivated for this. The approximately thirty five species in this family grow in the Western Hemisphere, from Mexico to Chile. The tigridia flower is short lived, each often blooming for only one day, but often several flowers will bloom from the same stalk. Usually they are dormant during the winter dry-season. Its roots are edible and were eaten by the Aztecs of Mexico who called it cacomitl and its flower ocēlōxōchitl "Jaguar flower". The genus name means "tiger-like" and alludes to the coloration and spotting of the flowers of the type species Tigridia pavonia.

1. Tigridia albicans Ravenna - Tacna Province in Peru
2. Tigridia alpestris Molseed - Mexico
3. Tigridia amatlanensis Aarón Rodr. & García-Mend - Oaxaca
4. Tigridia augusta Drapiez - central + southern Mexico
5. Tigridia bicolor Molseed - Oaxaca
6. Tigridia catarinensis Cruden - San Luis Potosí
7. Tigridia chiapensis Molseed ex Cruden - Chiapas
8. Tigridia chrysantha Cruden & S.J.Walker ex McVaugh - Jalisco
9. Tigridia convoluta (Ravenna) Goldblatt - Oaxaca
10. Tigridia conzattii (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt - Oaxaca
11. Tigridia dugesii S.Watson - Jalisco
12. Tigridia durangense Molseed ex Cruden - Durango
13. Tigridia ehrenbergii (Schltdl.) Molseed - Mexico
14. Tigridia estelae López-Ferr. & Espejo - Durango
15. Tigridia flammea (Lindl.) Ravenna - Michoacán
16. Tigridia galanthoides Molseed - southern Mexico
17. Tigridia gracielae Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - México State
18. Tigridia hallbergii Molseed - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala
19. Tigridia hintonii Molseed - Guerrero
20. Tigridia huajuapanensis Molseed ex Cruden - Oaxaca
21. Tigridia huyanae (J.F.Macbr.) Ravenna - Lima Province in Peru
22. Tigridia illecebrosa Cruden - central + southern Mexico
23. Tigridia immaculata (Herb.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
24. Tigridia inusitata (Cruden) Ravenna - Guerrero
25. Tigridia mariaetrinitatis Espejo & López-Ferr. - Oaxaca
26. Tigridia martinezii Calderón - Hidalgo
27. Tigridia matudae Molseed - México State
28. Tigridia meleagris (Lindl.) G.Nicholson - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala
29. Tigridia mexicana Molseed - central + southern Mexico
30. Tigridia minuta Ravenna - Apurímac + Ayacucho Provinces in Peru
31. Tigridia molseediana Ravenna - Oaxaca, Guatemala
32. Tigridia mortonii Molseed - México State
33. Tigridia multiflora (Baker) Ravenna - central + southern Mexico
34. Tigridia oaxacana (Molseed) Goldblatt - Oaxaca
35. Tigridia orthantha (Lem.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
36. Tigridia pavonia (L.f.) Redouté - widespread across much of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras; naturalized in Peru, Ecuador, Madeira
37. Tigridia pearcei (Baker) Ravenna - Huánuco region in Peru
38. Tigridia philippiana I.M.Johnst. - Tarapacá + Antofagasta Provinces in Chile
39. Tigridia potosina López-Ferr. & Espejo - San Luis Potosí
40. Tigridia pugana Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Jalisco
41. Tigridia pulchella B.L.Rob. - Jalisco, Michoacán
42. Tigridia purpusii Molseed - Puebla
43. Tigridia purruchucana (Herb.) Ravenna - Lima Province in Peru
44. Tigridia raimondii Ravenna - Arequipa Province in Peru
45. Tigridia rzedowskiana Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Querétaro
46. Tigridia seleriana (Loes.) Ravenna - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
47. Tigridia suarezii Aarón Rodr. & Ortiz-Cat. - Jalisco
48. Tigridia tepoxtlana Ravenna - Morelos
49. Tigridia vanhouttei(Baker) Espejo & López-Ferr - central + northeastern Mexico
50. Tigridia venusta Cruden - Michoacán
51. Tigridia violacea Schiede ex Schltdl. - central + southern Mexico