Pasithea caerulea

Pasithea is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae,[2] first described as a genus in 1832. It contains only one known species, Pasithea caerulea, native to Peru and Chile in South America.[1][3][4] Pasithea and Excremis are the only genera in the family Asphodelaceae that are native to South America and P. caerulea is the only species in the family that is native to Chile, where it is distributed between the Antofagasta and Los Lagos regions. [5]

Pasithea caerulea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Hemerocallidoideae
Genus: Pasithea
D.Don
Species:
P. caerulea
Binomial name
Pasithea caerulea
(Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don
Synonyms[1]
  • Anthericum caeruleum Ruiz & Pav.
  • Phalangium caeruleum (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
  • Stypandra caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) R.Br.
  • Cyanella illcu Molina
  • Pasithea caerulea var. grandiflora I.M.Johnst.

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Hemerocallidoideae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  3. Navas Bustamante, L.E. (1973). Flora de la Cuenca de Santiago de Chile 1: 1-301. Comisión Central de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Chile.
  4. Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  5. Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro; Alarcón, Diego; Baeza, Carlos; Cavieres, Lohengrin; Finot, Víctor L.; Fuentes, Nicol; Kiessling, Andrea; Mihoc, Maritza; Pauchard, Aníbal; Ruiz, Eduardo; Sanchez, Paulina; Marticorena, Alicia; Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro. "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile". Gayana. Botánica. 75 (1): 1–430. doi:10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001. ISSN 0717-6643.


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