Oziroe

Oziroe
	Oziroe arida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Oziroe; Raf.
Type species
	Oziroe leuchlora; (syn of O. arida); Raf.
Synonyms
	Fortunatia J.F.Macbr.; Oziroë Raf., alternate spelling;

Oziroe is a genus of bulbous South American plants in the squill subfamily within the asparagus family.^[1]^[3] Within the Scilloideae, it is the sole member of the tribe Oziroëeae and the only genus in the subfamily to be found in the New World.^[3]

Description

Species of Oziroe grow from bulbs, which have contractile roots as well as normal ones. Each bulb produces only a few leaves, which are thick and grooved. The flowering stem (scape) appears at the same time as the leaves. It has bracts along its length, with generally one or two flowers on straight stalks (pedicels) appearing from the angle between each bract and the scape. The flowers have six whitish tepals about 6 cm (2.4 in) long which are joined for a short length at the base. Fertilized flowers produce black pear-shaped seeds up to 6–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long.^[4]^[5]

Species

As of March 2013^[update], the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized five species:^[6]

Oziroe acaulis (Baker) Speta – Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
Oziroe argentinensis (Lillo & Hauman) Speta – Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
Oziroe arida (Poepp.) Speta – Chile; common name: "lagrimas de la Virgen"
Oziroe biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Speta – Chile, Peru, Bolivia
Oziroe pomensis Ravenna – Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Oziroe", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-03-27
^ holotype per Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 3: 53-54
^ ^a ^b Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "Asparagales: Scilloideae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-02-25
^ "Oziroe Raf.", eMonocot, archived from the original on 2013-04-19, retrieved 2013-03-27
^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.
^ "Search for Oziroe", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-03-27

[WCSP_282879-1] "Oziroe", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-03-27

[2] type per Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 3: 53-54

[APweb_Scilloideae-3] Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "Asparagales: Scilloideae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-02-25

[eMon_282879-4] "Oziroe Raf.", eMonocot, archived from the original on 2013-04-19, retrieved 2013-03-27

[5] Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.

[WCSP_Oziroe-6] "Search for Oziroe", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-03-27

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