Biology:Mathieua
Mathieua is a genus of South American plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. It contains only one known species, Mathieua galanthoides, native to Peru but reportedly extinct.[1][2][3][4]
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Mathieua galanthoides is a bulbous herb with ovate, tunicate bulbs.[2] The ovate leaves have a long petiole.[5]
Generative characteristics
The scapose inflorescence with a glabrous, erect, green scape bears 3–4 sessile flowers. The flowers are white with green towards the apex. The androecium consists of 6 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 3 carpels. The short stigma is trilobed.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus and species were first described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1853.[2][4] The holotype specimen is a single flower without ovary.[6]
Etymology
The generic name Mathieua honours Louis Mathieu. The flowers resemble those of Galanthus.[2]
Ecology
Habitat
It occurred in a region of sparse, xeric woodlands.[6]
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedPOWO b - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Johann Friedrich Klotzsch. 1853. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 21: 337
- ↑ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tropicos, Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch
- ↑ Field Museum of Natural History. (1912). Publication. Field Museum of Natural History (Vol. 13, Issue 1, p. 674). Field Museum of Natural History. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2375535
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Meerow, A. W. (1987). The identities and systematic relationships of Mathieua Klotzsch and Plagiolirion Baker (Amaryllidaceae). Taxon, 36(3), 566-572.
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