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    Solaria (plant)

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    Solaria
    Solaria cuspidata
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Monocots
    Order: Asparagales
    Family: Amaryllidaceae
    Subfamily: Allioideae
    Tribe: Gilliesieae
    Genus: Solaria
    Phil.
    Type species
    Solaria miersioides
    Phil.
    Synonyms[1]
    • Symea Baker
    • Gethyum Phil.
    • Ancrumia Harv. ex Baker

    Solaria is a genus of South American plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Allioideae, tribe Gilliesieae, native to Chile and Argentina. Kew treats Solaria as a synonym of Gilliesia.[1][2]

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

    Species[1][4]
    • Solaria atropurpurea (Phil.) Ravenna - Chile (O'Higgins, Santiago)
    • Solaria attenuata Ravenna - Chile, Argentina (Neuquén)
    • Solaria brevicoalita Ravenna - Chile (Maule)
    • Solaria curacavina Ravenna - Chile (Santiago)
    • Solaria cuspidata (Harv. ex Baker) Ravenna - Chile (Coquimbo)
    • Solaria miersioides Phil. - Chile

    References

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    1. ^ a b c 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. ^ hi


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