Tecophilaea
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Tecophilaea cyanocrocus (Liliaceae) flower HDR.jpg
|taxon = Tecophilaea
|synonyms =
- Distrepta Miers without description
- Poeppigia Kunze ex Rchb. without description
- Phyganthus Poepp. & Endl.
|range_map = Chile–Peru Locator.svg
|range_map_caption = It is endemic to Peru and ChileTecophilaea Bertero ex Colla. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19500-1
|type_species = Tecophilaea violiflora Bertero ex CollaMissouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-x). Tecophilaea Bertero ex Colla. Tropicos. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40010590
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See here
}}
Tecophilaea is a genus of cormous plants in the family Tecophilaeaceae. There are two known species, both native to southern South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=279565 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
Description
=Vegetative characteristics=
Tecophilaea are perennial, cormousTecophilaea cyanocrocus “Violacea.” (n.d.). Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/94374/tecophilaea-cyanocrocus-violacea/details herbsTecophilaea. (n.d.). Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://eol.org/pages/100586
=Generative characteristics=
Taxonomy
It was validly published by Luigi Aloysius Colla in 1836Colla, Luigi. (1833). Herbarium Pedemontanum; juxta methodum naturalem dispositum, additis nonnullis stirpibus exoticis ad universos ejusdem methodi ordines exhibendos (Vol. 5, p. 447). Ex Typis Regis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31362114 based on previous work by Carlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero. The type species is Tecophilaea violiflora {{au|Bertero ex Colla}}. It is the type genus of its family Tecophilaeaceae {{au|Leyb.}}Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-y). Tecophilaeaceae Leyb. Tropicos. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/50304862
=Etymology=
The genus Tecophilaea was named after the botanical artist Tecophila Billotti, the daughter of the Italian botanist Luigi Aloysius Colla, who published the genus.Dale W. McNeal 2012, Tecophilaeaceae, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=93794, accessed on February 12, 2025.
=Species=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 120px | Tecophilaea cyanocrocus {{au|Leyb.}} | Santiago Province in Chile |
| 120px | Tecophilaea violiflora {{au|Bertero ex Colla}} | Lima Province in Peru, Coquimbo + Santiago Provinces in Chile |
Conservation
Tecophilaea cyanocrocus was believed to be extinct in the wild, but was rediscovered in 2001.Eyzaguirre, M. T., & García de la Huerta, R. (2002). [https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-66432002000200004&script=sci_arttext&tlng=pt Tecophilaea cyanocrocus leyb.(tecophilaeceae) redescubierta en su hábitat natural.] Gayana. Botánica, 59(2), 73-77.Holmes, B. (n.d.). Tecophilaea cyanocrocus Leyb. (1862:370) Chilean blue crocus. The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://recentlyextinctspecies.com/asparagales-aloes-asparagus-garlic-irises-onions-etc/tecophilaea-cyanocrocus