| Echeandia | |
|---|---|
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| Echeandia sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Echeandia Ortega [1] |
| Type species | |
| Echeandia terniflora | |
| Synonyms [2] [3] | |
Echeandia (common name craglily) is a genus of New World plants in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family. [4]
It is named for Spanish botanist Pedro Gregorio Echeandía (1746–1817). Species in the genus are distributed from the south-western United States south to north-western Argentina, southern Bolivia, and southern Peru. [5]
Echeandia are herbaceous perennials with corms and enlarged storage roots. The narrow leaves are held in basal rosettes. Flowers are arranged in loose racemes [6] and may be yellow, orange, white or cream. [5]
There are about 78 to 90 species in the genus. [7] [2] [8] [9]
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