Leptochiton (plant)

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Leptochiton
Leptochiton quitoensis 6397 Ismene tenuifolia.jpg
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Hymenocallideae
Genus: Leptochiton
Sealy
Type species

Leptochiton is a genus of South American plants in the Amaryllis family.[2][3]

There are 2 known species, native to Ecuador and Peru:[4]

References[]

  1. ^ illustration from Baker, John Gilbert. 1878. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 104: plate 6397, as Ismene tenuifolia
  2. ^ Sealy, Joseph Robert. 1937. Botanical Magazine 160: plate 9491
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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