''Oziroe'' is a

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n plants in the squill subfamily within the asparagus family.Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards),
Asparagales: Scilloideae
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Oziroëeae ''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 ...

and the only genus in the subfamily to be found in the

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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

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along its length, with generally one or two flowers on straight stalks (

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) appearing from the angle between each bract and the scape. The flowers have six whitish

tepal A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...

s about long which are joined for a short length at the base. Fertilized flowers produce black pear-shaped seeds up to long.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.

Species

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recognized five

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: # '' Oziroe acaulis'' (Baker) Speta -

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Oziroe argentinensis ''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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, Paraguay,

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

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Oziroe biflora ''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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Oziroe pomensis ''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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6055199 Asparagaceae genera Scilloideae Flora of South America Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque