Solaria (genus)

Solaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Gilliesieae
Genus: Solaria
Type species
Solaria miersioides
Phil.
Synonyms[1]

Solaria is a genus of South American plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Allioideae, tribe Gilliesieae, native to Chile and Argentina.[1][2]

The genus is named in honor of Chilean mathematician Francisco Borja de Solar.[3]

Species[1][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Ravenna, P. (1978). Studies in the Allieae II. Plant Life 34: 130-151.
  3. Philippi, Rudolf Amandus. 1858. Linnaea 29(1): 72. in Latin
  4. The Plant List
  5. Ravenna, P. F. 1967. Estudios sobre Liliáceas. El género Solaria, su presencia en la flora argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 11(2): 157–164, 4 figs
  6. Ravenna, P. F. 1969. Liliaceae, In: M. N. Correa (ed.),. 8(2): 138–151. In M.N. Correa (ed.) Flora Patagónica. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
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