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]

• Luzuriaga angustifolia, now called Eustrephus latifolius
• Luzuriaga cordata, now called Dioscorea humilis
• Luzuriaga cymosa, now called Geitonoplesium cymosum
• Luzuriaga latifolia, now called Eustrephus latifolius
• Luzuriaga laxiflora, now called Geitonoplesium cymosum
• Luzuriaga montana, now called Geitonoplesium cymosum
• Luzuriaga sewelliae, now called Asparagus asparagoides
• Luzuriaga timorensis, now called Geitonoplesium cymosum

References

1. 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.