Tecophilaea

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Tecophilaea
Tecophilaea cyanocrocus (Liliaceae) flower HDR.jpg
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Tecophilaeaceae
Genus: Tecophilaea
Bertero ex Colla
Type species
Tecophilaea violiflora Bertero ex Colla [1]
Species

See here

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It is endemic to Peru and Chile [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • DistreptaMiers without description
  • PoeppigiaKunze ex Rchb. without description
  • PhyganthusPoepp. & Endl.

Tecophilaea is a genus of cormous plants in the family Tecophilaeaceae. There are two known species, both native to southern South America. [3]

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Description

Vegetative characteristics

Tecophilaea are perennial, cormous [4] herbs [4] [5]

Generative characteristics

The trilocular capsule fruit bears many seeds. [6]

Taxonomy

It was validly published by Luigi Aloysius Colla in 1836 [6] [1] based on previous work by Carlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero. The type species is Tecophilaea violifloraBertero ex Colla. [1] It is the type genus of its family Tecophilaeaceae Leyb. [7]

Etymology

The genus Tecophilaea was named after the botanical artist Tecophila Billotti, the daughter of the Italian botanist Luigi Aloysius Colla, who published the genus. [8]

Species

Species [3]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Tecophilaea cyanocrocus (Liliaceae) flowers.jpg Tecophilaea cyanocrocus Leyb.Santiago Province in Chile
Tecophilaea violiflora Colla.jpg Tecophilaea violiflora Bertero ex CollaLima Province in Peru, Coquimbo + Santiago Provinces in Chile

Conservation

Tecophilaea cyanocrocus was believed to be extinct in the wild, but was rediscovered in 2001. [9] [10]

Distribution

It is endemic to Peru and Chile. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-x). Tecophilaea Bertero ex Colla. Tropicos. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40010590
  2. 1 2 Tecophilaea Bertero ex Colla. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19500-1
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Tecophilaea cyanocrocus “Violacea.” (n.d.). Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/94374/tecophilaea-cyanocrocus-violacea/details
  5. ↑ Tecophilaea. (n.d.). Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://eol.org/pages/100586
  6. 1 2 Colla, Luigi. (1833). Herbarium Pedemontanum; juxta methodum naturalem dispositum, additis nonnullis stirpibus exoticis ad universos ejusdem methodi ordines exhibendos (Vol. 5, p. 447). Ex Typis Regis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31362114
  7. ↑ Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-y). Tecophilaeaceae Leyb. Tropicos. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/50304862
  8. ↑ Dale W. McNeal 2012, Tecophilaeaceae, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=93794, accessed on February 12, 2025.
  9. ↑ Eyzaguirre, M. T., & García de la Huerta, R. (2002). Tecophilaea cyanocrocus leyb.(tecophilaeceae) redescubierta en su hábitat natural. Gayana. Botánica, 59(2), 73-77.
  10. ↑ Holmes, B. (n.d.). Tecophilaea cyanocrocus Leyb. (1862:370) Chilean blue crocus. The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://recentlyextinctspecies.com/asparagales-aloes-asparagus-garlic-irises-onions-etc/tecophilaea-cyanocrocus
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