Tecophilaeaceae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s, placed in the
order Asparagales
Asparagales (asparagoid lilies) is an order of plants in modern classification systems such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. The order takes its name from the type family Asparagaceae and is placed in t ...
of the
monocot
Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae ''sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one Embryo#Plant embryos, embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. Th ...
s.
It consists of nine genera with a total of 27 species.
The family has only recently been recognized by taxonomists. The
APG IV system
The APG IV system of flowering plant classification is the fourth version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy for flowering plants (angiosperms) being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). It was published ...
of 2016 (unchanged from the
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
,
2003, and
2009 versions) does recognize this family.
The family then includes over half a dozen genera, with only a few dozen species, occurring in
Africa
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, in western
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...
and western
North America. This circumscription includes the genus ''
Cyanastrum'', which sometimes has been treated as a separate family
Cyanastraceae.
Genera
The following genera are recognised:
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Conanthera''
*''
Cyanastrum''
*''
Cyanella''
*''
Eremiolirion''
*''
Kabuyea''
*''
Odontostomum''
*''
Tecophilaea''
*''
Walleria''
*''
Zephyra''
References
External links
Tecophilaeaceae
in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).
The families of flowering plants
descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.'' Version: Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
links at CSDL, Texas
and mor
links at CSDL, TexasTecophilaeaceae of Chile, por Chileflora
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Asparagales families