Luzuriaga

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Alstroemeriaceae
Tribus: Luzuriageae

Genus: Luzuriaga
Species: L. laxifolia – L. marginata – L. parviflora – L. polyphylla – L. radicans
Name

Luzuriaga Ruiz & Pav. (1802); nom. cons.

Type species: L. radicans Ruiz & Pav. (1802)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Calcoa Salisb. (1866)
Type species: non design.
Callixene Comm. ex Juss. (1789)
Type species: non design.
Enargea Banks ex Gaertn. (1788), nom. rej. vs. Luzuriaga
Type species: E. marginata Banks ex Gaertn.

References

Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Luzuriaga in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2013 Jan 27.
Gaertner, J. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: 283.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2011. Luzuriaga in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2011 Nov 22. Reference page.
Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de 1789. Genera Plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam. (Paris): 41.
Ruiz López, H. & Pavón, J. A. 1802. Flora peruvianae et chilensis, sive descriptiones, et icones 3: 65.

Luzuriaga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. It is native to New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and the Falkland Islands.[1][2][3][4][5]
Species[1][6]

Image	Name	Distribution
	Luzuriaga marginata (Gaertn.) Benth. & Hook.f. - almond flower	Southern Chile, Southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
	Luzuriaga parviflora (Hook.f.) Kunth	New Zealand
	Luzuriaga polyphylla (Hook.f.) J.F.Macbr.	Southern Chile
	Luzuriaga radicans Ruiz & Pav.	Southern Chile, Southern Argentina

Formerly included[1]

Luzuriaga angustifolia, now called Eustrephus latifolius
Luzuriaga cordata, now called Dioscorea humilis
Luzuriaga cymosa, now called Geitonoplesium cymosum
Luzuriaga latifolia, now called Eustrephus latifolius
Luzuriaga laxiflora, now called Geitonoplesium cymosum
Luzuriaga montana, now called Geitonoplesium cymosum
Luzuriaga sewelliae, now called Asparagus asparagoides
Luzuriaga timorensis, now called Geitonoplesium cymosum

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Rodríguez, R & C. Marticorena. 1987. Las especies del género Luzuriaga. Gayana Botánica 44: 3-15.
Moore, D. 1974. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares nativas de Tierra del Fuego. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, Punta Arenas, V 1-2.
Arroyo, S. & B.E. Leuenberger. 1988a. Leaf morphology and taxonomy history of Luzuriaga. Willdenowia 17: 159-172.
Arroyo, S. & B.E. Leuenberger. 1988b. A note on Luzuriaga marginata (Philesiaceae) from Patagonia. Herbertia 44: 17-21.
Moreno, R., C. Le Quesne & A. Muñoz. 2010. Extensión de la distribución geográfica de Luzuriaga marginata Benth & Hook. f. y Ourisia coccinea (Cav) Pers. subsp. elegans (Phil.) Reiche, en Chile. Chloris Chiilensis Año 12. Nº 2.