''Echeandia'' (common name craglily) is a genus of New World plants in the
century plant subfamily within the
asparagus family.
Etymology
It is named for Spanish botanist
Pedro Gregorio Echeandía (1746–1817). Species in the genus are distributed from the south-western United States south to north-western Argentina, southern Bolivia, and southern Peru.
Description
Echeandia are
herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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perennials with
corm
A corm, bulbo-tuber, or bulbotuber is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ that some plants use to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (perennation).
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s and enlarged storage roots. The narrow leaves are held in basal rosettes. Flowers are in loose
raceme
A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...
s and may be yellow, orange, white or cream.
Species
There are about 78 to 90 species in the genus.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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References
External links
Asparagaceae genera
Agavoideae
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