Speea

Speea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Gilliesieae
Genus: Speea
Loes.
Type species
Speea humilis
(Phil.) Loes.. ex K.Krause
Synonyms[1]

Geanthus Phil. 1884, illegitimate homonym not Raf. 1814 (Iridaceae) nor Reinw. 1825 (Zingiberaceae)[2]

Speea is a genus of Chilean plants in the onion subfamily within the Amaryllis family.[3][4]

Species[1][5]

Both known species are native to central Chile.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Tropicos search for Geanthus
  3. Loesener, Ludwig Eduard Theodor. 1923. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 10: 63.
  4. Philippi, Rudolf Amandus 1884. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 65: 301, as Geanthus
  5. The Plant List Search for Speea