''Nothoscordum'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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plants in the onion tribe within the Amaryllis family. It is probably

paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...

.Michael F. Fay, Paula J. Rudall, and Mark W. Chase. 2006. "Molecular studies of subfamily Gilliesioideae (Alliaceae)". ''Aliso'' 22(''Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution''):367-371. ISSN 0065-6275. The genus is native to

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and

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, though a few species have become naturalized in various parts of the Old World.

Taxonomy

Species

The Plant List lists 87 species,, search for "Nothoscordum"The Plant List
/ref> although other authorities suggest only 20. # '' Nothoscordum achalense'' Ravenna - Córdoba in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

# ''

Nothoscordum albitractum ''Nothoscordum'' is a genus of New World plants in the onion tribe within the Amaryllis family. It is probably paraphyletic.Michael F. Fay, Paula J. Rudall, and Mark W. Chase. 2006. "Molecular studies of subfamily Gilliesioideae (Alliaceae)". ' ...

'' Ravenna -

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# '' Nothoscordum altillanense'' Ravenna & Biurrun -

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# '' Nothoscordum andicola'' Kunth -

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, northern

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, northern

# '' Nothoscordum andinum'' (Poepp.) Kunth ex Fuentes - Mendoza +

San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...

, central

# '' Nothoscordum aparadense'' Ravenna - Santa Catarina in

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# '' Nothoscordum arenarium'' Herter - northern

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# '' Nothoscordum auratum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum bahiense'' Ravenna -

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# ''

Nothoscordum balaenense ''Nothoscordum'' is a genus of New World plants in the Allioideae, onion tribe within the Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis family. It is probably paraphyletic.Michael F. Fay, Paula J. Rudall, and Mark W. Chase. 2006. "Molecular studies of subfamily Gill ...

'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum basalticum'' Ravenna -

Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní language, Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina, province of Corrientes Province, Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from ...

# '' Nothoscordum bivalve'' (L.) Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown - southern half of

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from

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# '' Nothoscordum boliviense'' Ravenna -

, northern

# '' Nothoscordum bonariense'' (Pers.) Beauverd - northern

, southern

# '' Nothoscordum × borbonicum'' Kunth - northern

'' (N. entrerianum × N. gracile)'' # '' Nothoscordum calcaense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum calderense'' Ravenna -

Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...

# '' Nothoscordum cambarense'' Ravenna -

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

# '' Nothoscordum capivarinum'' Ravenna - Paraná in

# '' Nothoscordum carambolense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum catharinense'' Ravenna - Santa Catarina in

# '' Nothoscordum clevelandicum'' Ravenna - Paraná in

# '' Nothoscordum collinum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum conostylum'' Ravenna - Entre Ríos in

# '' Nothoscordum correntinum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum curvipes'' Ravenna - Paraná in

# '' Nothoscordum cuyanum'' Ravenna -

+ Mendoza in

# '' Nothoscordum demissum'' Ravenna -

Cusco Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the list of cities in Peru, seventh m ...

# '' Nothoscordum dynamiandrum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum empedradense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum entrerianum'' Ravenna - Entre Ríos in

# '' Nothoscordum exile'' Ravenna - Paraná in

# '' Nothoscordum famatinense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum gaudichaudianum'' Kunth -

, Entre Ríos in

# '' Nothoscordum glareosum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum gracile'' (Aiton) Stearn - widespread from southern

; naturalized in southeastern

, and scattered locations in

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, and various oceanic islands # '' Nothoscordum gracilipes'' Ravenna - southern

# '' Nothoscordum ibiramense'' Ravenna - Santa Catarina in southern

# '' Nothoscordum ineanum'' Ravenna - Chaco in

# '' Nothoscordum inundatum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum ipacarainum'' Ravenna -

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

# '' Nothoscordum itatiense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum izaguirreae'' Crosa -

# '' Nothoscordum jaibanum'' Ravenna -

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

# '' Nothoscordum leptogynum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum luteomajus'' Ravenna - Paraná in

# '' Nothoscordum luteominus'' Ravenna -

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

# '' Nothoscordum macrantherum'' (Kuntze) Beauverd - Paraguay # '' Nothoscordum mahui'' Traub - Santiago Region in

# '' Nothoscordum moconense'' Ravenna -

Misiones Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...

# '' Nothoscordum modestum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum montevidense'' Beauverd -

, northern

, southern

# '' Nothoscordum nublense'' Ravenna - Biobío in

# '' Nothoscordum nudicaule'' (Lehm.) Guagl. -

, southern Brazil # '' Nothoscordum nudum'' Beauverd -

, Entre Ríos in

# '' Nothoscordum nutans'' Ravenna - Paraná in

# '' Nothoscordum pachyrhizum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum paradoxum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum patricium'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum pedersenii'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum pernambucanum'' Ravenna - eastern

# '' Nothoscordum planifolium'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum portoalegrense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum pulchellum'' Kunth - central

# '' Nothoscordum punillense'' Ravenna - Córdoba + San Luis in

# '' Nothoscordum rigidiscapum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum saltense'' Ravenna -

+ Catamarca in

# '' Nothoscordum scabridulum'' Beauverd -

# '' Nothoscordum sengesianum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum serenense'' Ravenna -

Coquimbo Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than ...

# '' Nothoscordum setaceum'' (Baker) Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum stenandrum'' Ravenna - southern

# '' Nothoscordum subtile'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum tafiense'' Ravenna - Tucumán in

# '' Nothoscordum tarijanum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum tenuifolium'' Ravenna - Entre Ríos in

# '' Nothoscordum tibaginum'' Ravenna - southern

# '' Nothoscordum tricostatum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum tuyutiense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum umburucuyanum'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum uruguaianum'' Ravenna - northern

, southern

# '' Nothoscordum velazcoense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum vernum'' Phil. - central

# '' Nothoscordum vigilense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum vittatum'' (Griseb.) Ravenna -

, northern

, southern

# '' Nothoscordum yalaense'' Ravenna -

# '' Nothoscordum yatainum'' Ravenna -

;formerly included Several species names have been coined using the name''Nothoscordum'' referring to species now regarded as better suited to other genera ''(

Allium ''Allium'' is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives. The generic name ''Allium'' is the Latin word for garlic,Gledhill, Davi ...

Beauverdia ''Beauverdia'' is a genus of South American plants in the onion subfamily within Amaryllis family, native to Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. The plants are bulb-forming perennial herbs. Affinities and classification of the species are unreso ...

Oziroe ''Oziroe'' is a genus of bulbous South American plants in the squill subfamily within the asparagus family.Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards),Asparagales: Scilloideae, ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website'', retrieved 2014-02-25 Within the Scilloideae, it ...

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References

Bibliography

* * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q147897 Amaryllidaceae genera Allioideae Flora of South America