title: Mastigostyla
text: # Mastigostyla
  
  Mastigostyla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1928. The entire group is endemic to South America. The genus name is derived from the Greek words mastigos, meaning "whip", and stylos, meaning "style".
  
  ## Species
  
  * Mastigostyla boliviensis (R.C.Foster) Goldblatt, Iris Family: 247 (2008). - Bolivia
  * Mastigostyla brachiandra Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 57 (1964). - Salta in Argentina
  * Mastigostyla brevicaulis (Baker) R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 161: 16 (1946). - Bolivia
  * Mastigostyla cabrerae R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 171: 25 (1950). - Jujuy + Salta in Argentina
  * Mastigostyla candaravensis Ravenna - Tacna in Peru
  * Mastigostyla cardenasii R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 23 (1945). - Bolivia, Cusco in Peru
  * Mastigostyla chuquisacensis Huaylla & Wilkin - Bolivia
  * Mastigostyla cyrtophylla I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 85 (1928). - Arequipa in Peru
  * Mastigostyla gracilis R.C.Foster, Rhodora 14: 296 (1962). - Chile, Bolivia
  * Mastigostyla herrerae (Vargas) Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 56 (1964). - Cusco in Peru
  * Mastigostyla hoppii R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 24 (1945). - Arequipa in Peru
  * Mastigostyla humilis Ravenna, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 10: 316 (1965). - Cusco in Peru
  * Mastigostyla implicata Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 58 (1964). - Jujuy in Argentina
  * Mastigostyla johnstonii R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 25 (1945). - Tucumán in Argentina
  * Mastigostyla longituba (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Bolivia
  * Mastigostyla macbridei (R.C.Foster) Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 56 (1964). - Lima + Junín in Peru
  * Mastigostyla major Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 56 (1964). - Apurímac + Ayacucho in Peru
  * Mastigostyla mirabilis Ravenna, Revista Inst. Munic. Bot. 2: 57 (1964). - Tucumán in Argentina
  * Mastigostyla orurensis (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Bolivia
  * Mastigostyla peruviana R.C.Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 171: 25 (1950). - Apurímac in Peru
  * Mastigostyla potosina R.C.Foster, Rhodora 64: 294 (1962). - Bolivia
  * Mastigostyla shepardiae (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Puno in Peru
  * Mastigostyla spathacea (Griseb.) Ravenna, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 10: 317 (1965) - northern Argentina
  * Mastigostyla torotoroensis Huaylla & Wilkin - Bolivia
  * Mastigostyla tunariensis (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Bolivia
  * Mastigostyla venturii (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - Jujuy + Tucumán in Argentina
  * Mastigostyla woodii Huaylla & Wilkin - Bolivia
  