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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
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]

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