''Mathieua'' is a genus of

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n plants in the family

Amaryllidaceae The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fa ...

. It contains only one known species, ''Mathieua galanthoides'', native to

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but reportedly

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Tropicos, ''Mathieua galanthoides'' Klotzsch
/ref>

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q5390980, from2=Q15522016 Amaryllidoideae Endemic flora of Peru Monotypic Amaryllidaceae genera Extinct plants