Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
The corms (bulb-tubers) are used as a food starch source in parts of Mexico and Central America. They are traditionally soaked/boiled to remove acridity and processed into masa-like dough (nixtamalized in some traditions) for pinole and atole, or dried and ground into coarse flour for porridges and flatbreads. These preparations function as carbohydrate bases and thickeners; the plant is not used as a beverage ingredient.

Properties relevant to use:
The corms contain substantial starch with moderate amylose content typical of Iridaceae tubers, yielding a cooked texture that is cohesive when fresh and powdery when dried and milled. Rapid cooking or extended soaking reduces acrid flavor notes associated with raw tissue. Storage life of fresh corms is limited; drying and milling extend usability. No documented industrial-scale extraction protocols (wet-milling or starch isolation) have been standardized.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Wild populations are locally exploited for corms; sustainable practices emphasize harvesting mature corms only after seed set, or semi-cultivation with controlled bulbil planting to avoid depletion. Flowering plants are widely cultivated ornamentally and provide an alternative source of material for local food use when floral display is finished. No IUCN threat assessment is currently documented for the species; regional, in-situ conservation measures are recommended where wild harvesting occurs.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Moraea tigridia	Baker	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 136 (1877)
Moraea pavonia	(L.f.) Thunb.	Moraea : 14 (1787)
Moraea grandiflora	Pers.	Syn. Pl. 1: 49 (1805)
Marica tigridia	Lehm.	Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. (1828) 17.
Sisyrinchium grandiflorum	Cav.	Diss. 6: 345 (1788)
Tigridia conchiflora	Sweet	Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 128 (1825)
Tigridia grandiflora	Salisb.	Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 309 (1812)
Tigridia oxypetala	R.Morris	Fl. Conspic. : t. 20 (1825)
Tigridia pringlei	S.Watson	Gard. & Forest 1: 388 (1888)
Tigridia speciosa	Poit.	Rev. Hort. (Paris) , sér. 2, 2: 447 (1844)
Vieusseuxia pavonia	DC.	Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2: 139 (1803)
Tigridia pavonia f. conchiiflora	(Sweet) Voss	Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 , 1: 985 (1895)
Tigridia pavonia var. conchiiflora	(Sweet) Baker	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 136 (1877)
Beatonia grandiflora	Klatt	Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 15: 369 (1882)
Beatonia lutea	Klatt	Linnaea 31: 566 (1862)
Ferraria pavonia	L.f.	Suppl. Pl. : 407 (1782)
Ferraria tigridia	Sims	Bot. Mag. 15: t. 532 (1801)
Sisyrinchium palmifolium	Sessé & Moc.	Pl. Nov. Hisp. 154 (1887)
Tigridia aurantiaca	Moq. ex Rousselon	Ann. Fl. Pomone 8: 25, t. 3 (1840)

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	mexican shellflower
English	peacock flower
English	peacock tiger flower
English	tiger iris
Czech	tygřice obecná
German	tigerlilie
German	echte tigerblume
German	pfauenlilie
French	iris tigre
Norwegian Bokmål	tigerblom
Portuguese	flor-tigre
Russian	Какомите
Russian	Тигридия павония
Russian	Тигридия павлинья
Slovak	tigrídia pávová
Chinese	虎皮花
Chinese	老虎百合

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Maintain seeds at a constant 10°C.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Doubtful data

- Extinct

- Introduced

- Native

Africa click to expand
- Macaronesia
  - Madeira

Northern America click to expand
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central
  - Mexico Gulf
  - Mexico Northeast
  - Mexico Northwest
  - Mexico Southeast
  - Mexico Southwest

Southern America click to expand
- Central America
  - El Salvador
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
- Western South America
  - Bolivia
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Peru

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000786983
USDA Plants	TIPA6
Tropicos	16600598
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:441553-1
The Plant List	kew-325553
Open Tree Of Life	922130
NCBI Taxonomy	152754
IPNI	441553-1
iNaturalist	146593
GBIF	5297439
Freebase	/m/04gvhw_
EPPO	TIGPA
EOL	5869547
USDA GRIN	36666
Wikipedia	Tigridia_pavonia

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession	Assembly
Accession	Name	Level	Submitter	Released	Coverage	Size
GCA_051254315.1	ASM5125431v1	Scaffold	Iridian Genomes	2025-07-09	60	1.99 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title

Authors

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A phylogenomic study of Iridaceae Juss. based on complete plastid genome sequences

Kamra K, Jung J, Kim JH

Front Plant Sci

31-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9948625
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2023.1066708
PMID:	36844099

Are Mixtec Forgetting Their Plants? Intracultural Variation of Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Oaxaca, Mexico

Aparicio Aparicio JC, Voeks RA, Silveira Funch L

Econ Bot

29-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8629604
doi:	10.1007/s12231-021-09535-2
PMID:	34866643

Seeing the wood despite the trees: Exploring human disturbance impact on plant diversity, community structure, and standing biomass in fragmented high Andean forests

Calbi M, Fajardo‐Gutiérrez F, Posada JM, Lücking R, Brokamp G, Borsch T

Ecol Evol

01-Feb-2021

PMCID:	PMC7920791
doi:	10.1002/ece3.7182
PMID:	33717446

Cultural, economic, and ecological factors influencing management of wild plants and mushrooms interchanged in Purépecha markets of Mexico

Farfán-Heredia B, Casas A, Rangel-Landa S

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

20-Nov-2018

PMCID:	PMC6245724
doi:	10.1186/s13002-018-0269-9
PMID:	30454000

Sociocultural and ecological factors influencing management of edible and non-edible plants: the case of Ixcatlán, Mexico

Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, García-Frapolli E, Lira R

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

30-Oct-2017

PMCID:	PMC5663152
doi:	10.1186/s13002-017-0185-4
PMID:	29084561

Influence of current climate, historical climate stability and topography on species richness and endemism in Mesoamerican geophyte plants

Sosa V, Loera I

PeerJ

20-Oct-2017

PMCID:	PMC5652257
doi:	10.7717/peerj.3932
PMID:	29062605

Ixcatec ethnoecology: plant management and biocultural heritage in Oaxaca, Mexico

Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, Rivera-Lozoya E, Torres-García I, Vallejo-Ramos M

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

20-Jul-2016

PMCID:	PMC4955254
doi:	10.1186/s13002-016-0101-3
PMID:	27439512

Ecological and socio-cultural factors influencing plant management in Náhuatl communities of the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico

Blancas J, Casas A, Pérez-Salicrup D, Caballero J, Vega E

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

02-Jun-2013

PMCID:	PMC3702518
doi:	10.1186/1746-4269-9-39
PMID:	23725379

Oil-producing flowers within the Iridoideae (Iridaceae): evolutionary trends in the flowers of the New World genera

Chauveau O, Eggers L, Souza-Chies TT, Nadot S

Ann Bot

10-Jul-2012

PMCID:	PMC3400458
doi:	10.1093/aob/mcs134
PMID:	22782239

Structure Determination of Tigridial, an Iridopentaene fromTigridia pavonia (Iridaceae)

Kerstin Effers, Bettina Scholz, Christoph Nickel, Bernadette Hanisch, Franz-Josef Marner

Wiley

02-Dec-2005

doi:	10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z

First Nuclear DNA Amounts in more than 300 Angiosperms

ZONNEVELD BJ, LEITCH IJ, BENNETT MD

Ann Bot

19-May-2005

PMCID:	PMC4246870
doi:	10.1093/aob/mci170
PMID:	15905300

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesterterpenoids
(2Z)-2-[(1R,3S,5R,6S,10R)-1,6-dihydroxy-10-(3-hydroxypropyl)-6-methyl-3-[(1E,3E,5E,7E)-2,6,10-trimethylundeca-1,3,5,7,9-pentaenyl]-2-oxaspiro[4.5]decan-9-ylidene]propanal	10719672	Click to see	484.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
(2Z)-2-[(1S,3S,5R,6S,10R)-1,6-dihydroxy-10-(3-hydroxypropyl)-6-methyl-3-[(1E,3E,5E,7E)-2,6,10-trimethylundeca-1,3,5,7,9-pentaenyl]-2-oxaspiro[4.5]decan-9-ylidene]propanal	10696236	Click to see	484.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
(2Z)-2-[(2R,3S,4S)-4-hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2-(3-hydroxypropyl)-4-methyl-3-[(3E,5E,7E)-4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-3,5,7,11-tetraenyl]cyclohexylidene]propanal	15742333	Click to see	472.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
(2Z)-2-[(3R,4S,5S,6R,10S)-3-[(3E,5E)-6,10-dimethylundeca-1,3,5,9-tetraen-2-yl]-4,10-dihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methylspiro[4.5]decan-7-ylidene]propanal	14565484	Click to see	470.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
(2Z)-2-[(3R,4S,5S,6R,10S)-4,10-dihydroxy-3-[(2E,4E)-1-hydroxy-10-methyl-6-methylideneundeca-2,4,9-trien-2-yl]-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methylspiro[4.5]decan-7-ylidene]propanal	163194914	Click to see	486.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
[(2E,4E)-2-[(3R,4S,5S,6R,7Z,10S)-4,10-dihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methyl-7-(1-oxopropan-2-ylidene)spiro[4.5]decan-3-yl]-10-methyl-6-methylideneundeca-2,4,9-trienyl] acetate	162934203	Click to see	528.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
[(2E,4E)-2-[(3S,4R,5S,6R,7Z,10S)-4,10-dihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methyl-7-(1-oxopropan-2-ylidene)spiro[4.5]decan-3-yl]-10-methyl-6-methylideneundeca-2,4,9-trienyl] acetate	5321900	Click to see	528.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
[(2Z,4E)-2-[(3S,4R,5S,6R,7E,10S)-4,10-dihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methyl-7-(1-oxopropan-2-ylidene)spiro[4.5]decan-3-yl]-10-methyl-6-methylideneundeca-2,4,9-trienyl] acetate	101615675	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=C)C=CC=C(COC(=O)C)C1CCC2(C1O)C(C(=C(C)C=O)CCC2(C)O)CCCO)C	528.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
[(2Z,4E)-6-[(3R,4S,5S,6R,7Z,10S)-4,10-dihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methyl-7-(1-oxopropan-2-ylidene)spiro[4.5]decan-3-yl]-2-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)hepta-2,4,6-trienyl] acetate	10075638	Click to see	528.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
[2-[4,10-Dihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methyl-7-(1-oxopropan-2-ylidene)spiro[4.5]decan-3-yl]-10-methyl-6-methylideneundeca-2,4,9-trienyl] acetate	78385591	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=C)C=CC=C(COC(=O)C)C1CCC2(C1O)C(C(=C(C)C=O)CCC2(C)O)CCCO)C	528.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
[6-[4,10-Dihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methyl-7-(1-oxopropan-2-ylidene)spiro[4.5]decan-3-yl]-2-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)hepta-2,4,6-trienyl] acetate	3759412	Click to see	528.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
2-(1,10-Dihydroxy-2-(5-(hydroxymethyl)-9-methyl-1-methylene-2,4,8-decatrienyl)-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methylspiro[4.5]dec-7-ylidene)propanal	15720145	Click to see	486.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
2-[1,6-Dihydroxy-10-(3-hydroxypropyl)-6-methyl-3-(2,6,10-trimethylundeca-1,3,5,7,9-pentaenyl)-2-oxaspiro[4.5]decan-9-ylidene]propanal	85235921	Click to see	484.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
2-[3-(6,10-Dimethylundeca-1,3,5,9-tetraen-2-yl)-4,10-dihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methylspiro[4.5]decan-7-ylidene]propanal	3732651	Click to see	470.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
2-[4-Hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3-(5-hydroxy-4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-3,7,11-trienyl)-3,4-dimethylcyclohexylidene]propanal	75069326	Click to see	474.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
2-[4-Hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-3-(4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-3,7,11-trienyl)cyclohexylidene]propanal	76393297	Click to see	458.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
2-[4-Hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2-(3-hydroxypropyl)-4-methyl-3-(4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-3,5,7,11-tetraenyl)cyclohexylidene]propanal	85447068	Click to see	472.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
2-[4,10-Dihydroxy-3-(1-hydroxy-10-methyl-6-methylideneundeca-2,4,9-trien-2-yl)-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methylspiro[4.5]decan-7-ylidene]propanal	71342235	Click to see	486.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
2-[4,10-Dihydroxy-3-[6-(hydroxymethyl)-10-methylundeca-1,3,5,9-tetraen-2-yl]-6-(3-hydroxypropyl)-10-methylspiro[4.5]decan-7-ylidene]propanal	495072	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CC=CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1O)C(C(=C(C)C=O)CCC2(C)O)CCCO)CO)C	486.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
Iridal	5318463	Click to see	458.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
Isoiridogermanal	44559084	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCC(C(=CCCC1(C(C(=C(C)C=O)CCC1(C)O)CCCO)C)C)O)C)C	474.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Aldehydes / Aryl-aldehydes
Mycalazal 18	44605148	Click to see	329.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199911)1999:11<2793::AID-EJOC2793>3.0.CO;2-Z

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Tigridia pavonia

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Synonyms Top

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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