Citation: Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2:12 (1837).

Derivation: Derivation not known, perhaps from the Greek iphion, the name of a herb.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Rootstock a bulb; leaves basal.

Flowers pedicellate, in a terminal simple umbel or solitary, enclosed before flowering in a spathe of 2 scarious bracts; perianth-segments 6, united to near the middle, 1-nerved (the nerve usually dark-coloured); stamens inserted in the perianth-tube, the filaments all simple; anthers versatile; scarcely exserted from the tube; ovary 3-celled; style filiform, capirate.

Capsule small, trigonous.

Distribution:  About 25 species in the Americas.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available