Luzuriaga (plant)

Luzuriaga
Luzuriaga marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Alstroemeriaceae
Genus: Luzuriaga
Ruiz & Pav. 1802
Type species
Luzuriaga radicans
Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms[1]
  • Enargea Banks ex Gaertn.
  • Callixene Comm. ex Juss.
  • Calcoa Salisb.

Luzuriaga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. It is native to New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and the Falkland Islands. [1][2][3][4][5]

Species[1][6]
  1. Luzuriaga marginata (Gaertn.) Benth. & Hook.f. - almond flower - Southern Chile, Southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
  2. Luzuriaga parviflora (Hook.f.) Kunth - New Zealand
  3. Luzuriaga polyphylla (Hook.f.) J.F.Macbr. - Southern Chile
  4. Luzuriaga radicans Ruiz & Pav. - Southern Chile, Southern Argentina
formerly included[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Rodríguez, R & C. Marticorena. 1987. Las especies del género Luzuriaga. Gayana Botánica 44: 3-15.
  3. Moore, D. 1974. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares nativas de Tierra del Fuego. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, Punta Arenas, V 1-2.
  4. Arroyo, S. & B.E. Leuenberger. 1988a. Leaf morphology and taxonomy history of Luzuriaga. Willdenowia 17: 159-172.
  5. Arroyo, S. & B.E. Leuenberger. 1988b. A note on Luzuriaga marginata (Philesiaceae) from Patagonia. Herbertia 44: 17-21.
  6. Moreno, R., C. Le Quesne & A. Muñoz. 2010. Extensión de la distribución geográfica de Luzuriaga marginata Benth & Hook. f. y Ourisia coccinea (Cav) Pers. subsp. elegans (Phil.) Reiche, en Chile. Chloris Chiilensis Año 12. Nº 2.
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