Famatina (plant)

Famatina
Famatina herbertiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Hippeastreae
Genus: Famatina
Ravenna[1][2]
Species

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Famatina andina

Famatina is a small genus of South American bulbous plants identified by the Chilean botanist Ravenna in 1972.[1] Five species have been described.[3][4] The exact taxonomic relationship remains uncertain. Phylogenetically they are placed within the Amaryllidoideae tribe Hippeastreae.[5]

Taxonomy

The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families does not accept Famatina as a separate genus, but rather considers the species as synonyms for either Rhodophiala or Phycella,[2] which belong to different subtribes of Hippeastreae.[5]

Molecular phylogenetic studies suggest the genus is polyphyletic. Of four species examined, one (F. maulensis) segregated in a clade together with members of the Traubiinae subtribe, while the remaining three (F. andina, F. cisandina, and F. herbertiana) segregated with memebers of subtribe Hippeastrinae.[5] This implies that unlike the synonyms adopted at Kew, F. maulensis and F. herbertiana are genetically distinct.

Subdivision

Described species:[6][2]

Distribution and habitat

Chile and Argentinean Andes in Mediterranean zones. Moreira-Muñoz considers 2 of the five species endemic to Chile.[7][8]

References

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External links

Chileflora

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