Rhodophiala

Rhodophiala is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae[2]). It consists of about 30 South American species distributed in southern Brazil, Argentina, and, specially, in Chile. Most of the species are known colloquially as añañuca.

Rhodophiala
Rhodophiala montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Subtribe: Hippeastrinae
Genus: Rhodophiala
C.Presl.[1]
Type species
Rhodophiala amarylloides
Species

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Synonyms

Description

Rhodophiala species resemble small-flowered Hippeastrum or multiflowered Habranthus species. Their narrow parallel-sided leaves are unlike that of Hippeastrum, more closely resembling that of Habranthus or Zephyranthes.[3]

Taxonomy

At one stage, Rhodophiala was considered a subgenus of the closely related Hippeastrum.[4]

Although as of February 2016 not yet accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families a number of species of Rhodophiala have been rehabilitated as Rhodolirium.[5][6]

Species

The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 27 species as of June 2013:[1]

  • Rhodophiala advena (Ker Gawl.) Traub – Central Chile
  • Rhodophiala ananuca (Phil.) Traub – Northern Chile
  • Rhodophiala andina Phil. – Central Chile
  • Rhodophiala araucana (Phil.) Traub – distributed Chile to Southern Argentina
  • Rhodophiala bagnoldii (Herb.) Traub – Northern and Central Chile
  • Rhodophiala bakeri (Phil.) Traub – Central Chile
  • Rhodophiala berteroana (Phil.) Traub – Central Chile
  • Rhodophiala bifida (Herb.) Traub – distributed Southern Brazil to Argentina (Buenos Aires)
  • Rhodophiala biflora Phil. – Chile
  • Rhodophiala colonum (Phil.) Traub – Southern Chile
  • Rhodophiala consobrina (Phil.) Traub – Central Chile
  • Rhodophiala flava (Phil.) Traub – Southern Chile
  • Rhodophiala fulgens (Hook.f.) Traub – Central Chile
  • Rhodophiala gilliesiana (Herb.) ined. – distributed Chile to Southern Argentina
  • Rhodophiala lineata (Phil.) Traub – Chile
  • Rhodophiala maculata (L'Hér.) Ravenna – Chile
  • Rhodophiala moelleri (Phil.) Traub – Southern Chile
  • Rhodophiala montana (Phil.) Traub – Chile
  • Rhodophiala phycelloides (Herb.) Hunz. – Chile
  • Rhodophiala popetana (Phil.) Traub – Central Chile
  • Rhodophiala rosea (Sweet) Traub – Chile
  • Rhodophiala splendens (Renjifo) Traub – Central Chile
  • Rhodophiala tiltilensis (Traub & Moldenke) Traub – Central Chile

The following species, formerly in Rhodophiala have been transferred to Rhodolirium.[5][6]

  • Rhodophiala andicola (Poepp.) Traub
  • Rhodophiala chilensis (L'Hér.) Traub
  • Rhodophiala pratensis (Poepp.) Traub
  • Rhodophiala rhodolirion (Baker) Traub

References
  1. Search for "Rhodophiala". "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  2. Stevens, P.F. "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae". Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  3. Castillo, A. (2003). "Rhodophiala". Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  4. Baker, John Gilbert (1888). "Hippeastrum". Handbook of the Amaryllideæ including the Alstrœmerieæ and Agaveæ. London: Bell. p. 41. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  5. Munoz et al 2011.
  6. Garcia et al 2014.

Bibliography
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