Pasithea caerulea

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Pasithea caerulea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Hemerocallidoideae
Genus: Pasithea
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Species:
P. caerulea
Binomial name
Pasithea caerulea
Synonyms [1]
  • Anthericum caeruleumRuiz & Pav.
  • Phalangium caeruleum(Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
  • Stypandra caerulea(Ruiz & Pav.) R.Br.
  • Cyanella illcuMolina
  • Pasithea caerulea var. grandifloraI.M.Johnst.

Pasithea caerulea is a species of herb in the family Asphodelaceae. [2] It is native to Peru and Chile in South America [1] [3] [4] and is the only species in the monotypic genus Pasithea.P. caerulea is the only species of the family that is native to Chile, where it is distributed between the Antofagasta and Los Lagos regions. [5]

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