Echeandia

Echeandia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Echeandia
Ortega
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Hesperanthes (Baker) S.Watson[1]

Echeandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.[2] It is named for Spanish botanist Pedro Gregorio Echeandía (1746–1817). Species in the genus are distributed from the Southwestern United States south to Northwestern Argentina, Southern Bolivia, and Southern Peru. They are herbaceous perennials with corms and enlarged storage roots.[3] The narrow leaves are held in basal rosettes. Flowers are in loose racemes[4] and may be yellow, orange, white or cream.[3]

Selected species

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Echeandia Ortega". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-19. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4090. Retrieved 2011-04-24. 
  2. ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Agavoideae, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Agavaceae 
  3. ^ a b Cruden, Robert W.. "Echeandia Ortega, Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec. 135, plate 18. 1800". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=111191. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  4. ^ Bryan, John E. (2002), Bulbs (2nd ed.), Timber Press, p. 218, ISBN 978-0-88192-529-6, http://books.google.com/books?id=v-h4dovkqxgC&, retrieved 2011-06-21 
  5. ^ "Echeandia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=500255. Retrieved 2011-04-24. 
  6. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Echeandia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4090. Retrieved 2011-04-24. 

External links

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Data related to Echeandia at Wikispecies