Tecophilaeaceae
Encyclopedia
Tecophilaeaceae is the botanical name
of a family
of flowering plants, placed in the order
Asparagales
of the monocots.
The family has only recently been recognized by taxonomists. The APG III system
of 2009 (unchanged from the 1998
and 2003
versions) does recognize this family. The family then includes over half a dozen genera, with only a few dozen species, occurring in Africa
, in western South America
and western North America
. This circumscription includes the genus Cyanastrum, which sometimes has been treated as a separate family Cyanastraceae.
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
of a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of flowering plants, placed in the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Asparagales
Asparagales
Asparagales is the name of an order of plants, used in modern classification systems such as the APG III system . The order takes its name from the family Asparagaceae and is placed in the monocots. The order has only recently been recognized in classification systems...
of the monocots.
The family has only recently been recognized by taxonomists. The APG III system
APG III system
The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy...
of 2009 (unchanged from the 1998
APG system
The APG system of plant classification is the first, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was superseded in 2003 by a revision, the APG II system, and then in 2009 by a further...
and 2003
APG II system
The APG II system of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in April 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...
versions) does recognize this family. The family then includes over half a dozen genera, with only a few dozen species, occurring in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, in western South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
and western North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. This circumscription includes the genus Cyanastrum, which sometimes has been treated as a separate family Cyanastraceae.
Genera
- ConantheraConantheraConanthera is a genus of 3-4 species small Chilean bulbous plants with small panicles of blue, purple or white and purple flowers Propagation is by offsets or seed.-External links:*...
- Cyanastrum
- CyanellaCyanellaCyanella is a genus of cormous perennial herb native to South Africa. There are seven species, including* Cyanella alba* Cyanella capensis* Cyanella hyacinthoides* Cyanella lutea* Cyanella orchidiformis...
- Kabuyea
- Lanaria
- OdontostomumOdontostomumOdontostomum is a monotypic genus genus of flowering plants containing the single species Odontostomum hartwegii, which is known by the common name Hartweg's doll's-lily. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Tecophilaeaceae. It was formerly placed in the Liliaceae...
- Tecophilaea
- Walleria
- Zephyra
External links
- Tecophilaeaceae, Cyanastraceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas and more links at CSDL, Texas
- Tecophilaeaceae of Chile, por Chileflora