| Oziroe | |
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| Oziroe arida | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: |
Oziroe Raf. [1] |
| Type species | |
| Oziroe leuchlora (syn of O. arida) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Oziroe is a genus of bulbous South American plants in the squill subfamily within the asparagus family. [1] [3] Within the Scilloideae, it is the sole member of the tribe Oziroëeae and the only genus in the subfamily to be found in the New World. [3]
Description
Species of Oziroe grow from bulbs, which have contractile roots as well as normal ones. Each bulb produces only a few leaves, which are thick and grooved. The flowering stem ( scape) appears at the same time as the leaves. It has bracts along its length, with generally one or two flowers on straight stalks ( pedicels) appearing from the angle between each bract and the scape. The flowers have six whitish tepals about 6 cm (2.4 in) long which are joined for a short length at the base. Fertilized flowers produce black pear-shaped seeds up to 6–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long. [4] [5]
Species
As of March 2013 [update], the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized five species: [6]
- Oziroe acaulis (Baker) Speta - Perú, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
- Oziroe argentinensis (Lillo & Hauman) Speta - Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
- Oziroe arida (Poepp.) Speta - Chile Common name: “lagrimas de la Virgen”
- Oziroe biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Speta - Chile, Perú, Bolivia
- Oziroe pomensis Ravenna - Perú, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
References
- ^ a b c "Oziroe", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-03-27
- ^ holotype per Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 3: 53-54
- ^ a b Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), " Asparagales: Scilloideae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-02-25
- ^ "Oziroe Raf.", eMonocot, archived from the original on 2013-04-19, retrieved 2013-03-27
- ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.
- ^ "Search for Oziroe", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-03-27