Tristagma is a genus of South American plants in the onion subfamily with the Amaryllis family.[2] It includes 17 species native to Peru, Argentina, and Chile in South America.[1]

Tristagma
Tristagama patagonicum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Gilliesieae
Genus: Tristagma
Poepp. (1833)
Type species
Tristagma nivale
Species[1]

17; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Garaventia Looser (1941)
  • Gardinia Bertero (1829), not validly published
  • Steinmannia Phil. (1884), illegitimate homonym not Opiz 1852 (Polygonaceae)

Species

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17 species are accepted.[1][3]

  1. Tristagma ameghinoi (Speg.) Speg. - Mendoza + Santa Cruz Provinces of Argentina
  2. Tristagma anemophilum Ravenna - Neuquén Province of Argentina
  3. Tristagma berteroi (Kunth) S.C.Arroyo & Sassone - Valparaíso Region of Chile
  4. Tristagma bivalve (Hook. ex Lindl.) Traub - central Chile
  5. Tristagma circinatum (Sandwith) Traub - Neuquén Province of Argentina
  6. Tristagma gracile (Phil.) Traub - central Chile
  7. Tristagma graminifolium (Phil.) Ravenna - central Chile
  8. Tristagma lineatum Ravenna - Santiago Region of Chile
  9. Tristagma lomarum Ravenna - Arequipa Region of Peru
  10. Tristagma nivale Poepp. - central + southern Chile, southern Argentina
  11. Tristagma patagonicum (Baker) Traub - southern Argentina
  12. Tristagma poeppigianum (Gay) Traub - central Chile
  13. Tristagma porrifolium (Poepp.) Traub - central Chile
  14. Tristagma sessile (Phil.) Traub - Chaco Province of Argentina, central Chile, Uruguay
  15. Tristagma staminosum Ravenna - O'Higgins Region of Chile
  16. Tristagma violaceum (Kunth) Traub – central Chile
  17. Tristagma yauriense Ravenna - Puno Province of Peru

Formerly included

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Several names have been coined using the name Tristagma but referring to species now considered better suited other genera including Ipheion, Leucocoryne, and Nothoscordum.[3][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Tristagma Poepp. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich. Fragmentum Synopseos Plantarum Phanerogamum 8 (1833).
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, genus Tristagma

Bibliography

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  • Sassone, Agostina B.; Giussani, Liliana M.; Guaglianone, Encarnación Rosa (30 April 2013). "Multivariate studies of Ipheion (Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae) and related genera". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 299 (8): 1561–1575. Bibcode:2013PSyEv.299.1561S. doi:10.1007/s00606-013-0819-5. hdl:11336/18970.