Mathieua

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Mathieua
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Mathieua
Klotzsch
Species:
M. galanthoides
Binomial name
Mathieua galanthoides
Klotzsch
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It was endemic to Peru [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Eucharis galanthoides(Klotzsch) Planch. & Linden
  • Urceolina galanthoides(Klotzsch) Traub

Mathieua is a genus of South American plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. It contains only one known species, Mathieua galanthoides, native to Peru but reportedly extinct. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Description

Vegetative characteristics

Mathieua galanthoides is a bulbous herb with ovate, tunicate bulbs. [3] The ovate leaves have a long petiole. [6]

Generative characteristics

The scapose inflorescence with a glabrous, erect, green scape bears 3–4 sessile flowers. The flowers are white with green towards the apex. The androecium consists of 6 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 3 carpels. The short stigma is trilobed. [3]

Taxonomy

The genus and species were first described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1853. [3] [5] The holotype specimen is a single flower without ovary. [7]

Etymology

The generic name Mathieua honours Louis Mathieu. The flowers resemble those of Galanthus . [3]

Ecology

Habitat

It occurred in a region of sparse, xeric woodlands. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Mathieua Klotzsch. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1542-1
  2. 1 2 Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154665-2
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Johann Friedrich Klotzsch. 1853. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 21: 337
  4. ↑ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
  5. 1 2 Tropicos, Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch
  6. ↑ Field Museum of Natural History. (1912). Publication.  Field Museum of Natural History (Vol. 13, Issue 1, p. 674). Field Museum of Natural History. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2375535
  7. 1 2 Meerow, A. W. (1987). The identities and systematic relationships of Mathieua Klotzsch and Plagiolirion Baker (Amaryllidaceae). Taxon, 36(3), 566-572.
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