Conanthera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Tecophilaeaceae
Genus: Conanthera
Species: C. bifolia – C. campanulata – C. parvula – C. trimaculata – C. urceolata

Name

Conanthera Ruiz & Pav. , Fl. Peruv. 3: 68 (1802)
Type species: Conanthera parvula (Phil.) Muñoz-Schick, Not. Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. 343: 26 (2000) Designed as basionym Cummingia parvula Phil., Linnaea 29: 74 (1858)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cummingia D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 257 (1828)
Type species: Cummingia campanulata (Lindl.) D.Don
Cumingia Kunth

References

Ruiz L.H. & Pavón, J.A. (1802) Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 3: 68.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Conanthera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Dec. 2. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Conanthera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Dec. 2.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Conanthera. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 17 2015.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Conanthera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Conanthera is a genus of small bulbous plants with small panicles of blue, purple or white and purple flowers. Propagation is by offsets or seed. All species are native to Chile, but there is an old 18th-Century report of C. bifolia occurring in colonial Peru[3] as well. This could possibly be attributed to changes in boundaries between the two countries, as modern sources list the species as endemic to Chile.[2][4]

Species[2]

Conanthera bifolia Ruiz & Pav. - from Valparaíso to La Araucanía
Conanthera campanulata Lindl. - from Antofagasta to La Araucanía
Conanthera parvula (Phil.) Muñoz-Schick - from Valparaíso to La Araucanía
Conanthera trimaculata (D.Don) F.Meigen - central Chile
Conanthera urceolata Ravenna - Atacama

References

"Name - Conanthera Ruiz & Pav". Tropicos. MBG. Retrieved February 7, 2012. "T: Conanthera bifolia Ruiz & Pav."
"Search for Conanthera". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
specimen collected some time between 1778 and 1788, type of C. bifolia cited by Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1802. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 3: 68, Conanthera
"Name - Conanthera bifolia Ruiz & Pav. distribution". Tropicos. MBG. Retrieved February 7, 2012.