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Main Author: Silvia Arroyo Leuenberger
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Instituto de Botánica Darwinion 2002
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=66940409
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  • The South American genus Oziroë (Hyacinthaceae-Oziroëoideae) Silvia Arroyo Leuenberger Encarnación R. Guaglianone Biología Oziroë Taxonomy Fortunatia Hyacinthaceae South America The genus Oziroë (Hyacinthaceae), better known under the later name Fortunatia, is the onlyrepresentative of the family in South America and ranges from Peru and Chile to Bolivia, Paraguay andnorth to central Argentina. Some of the species were originally described in the genera: Scilla, Allium,Ornithogalum, Nothoscordum and Fortunatia; and some temporarily considered to belong to Camassia.This paper deals with the taxonomic history of the genus and presents the results of a taxonomic revision,recognizing five species: Oziroë acaulis, O. argentinensis, O. arida, O. biflora and O. pomensis. A keyto recognize the species, descriptions of the genus and species, together with illustrations anddistribution maps are provided. The study revealed Oziroë argentinensis as a new record for Paraguay,O. acaulis for Chile, and O. pomensis as new for Bolivia, Chile and Peru; O. arida is endemic to Chile, andO. biflora was confirmed only for Chile and Peru 2002 artículo científico 0011-6793 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=66940409 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=669 Darwiniana application/pdf Instituto de Botánica Darwinion Darwiniana (Argentina) Num.1-4 Vol.40