Latace
Genus of flowering plants
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Latace is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. It includes two species of bulbous geophytes native to northern and central Chile and northwestern Argentina.[1]
- Latace andina (Poepp.) Sassone
- Latace serenense (Ravenna) Sassone
| Latace | |
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| Latace serenense | |
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| Latace andina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Tribe: | Gilliesieae |
| Genus: | Latace Phil. (1889) |
| Type species | |
| Latace andina (Poepp.) Sassone | |
| Species[1] | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zoellnerallium Crosa (1975) | |
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1889.[1] Zoellnerallium is a synonym.[2][1]
The genus is included in the tribe Gilliesieae, within the subfamily Allioideae.[3][4] It is considered to be part of a group of four genera within Gilliesieae, referred to as Ipheieae nom. nud.. In 2014 it was proposed to create a new tribe Leucocorynae with six genera, including Latace, by splitting Gilliesieae into two separate tribes.[5]