Oziroe

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Genus of flowering plants

title: "Oziroe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["asparagaceae-genera", "scilloideae", "flora-of-southern-america", "taxa-named-by-constantine-samuel-rafinesque"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/asparagaceae-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oziroe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

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  • Fortunatia J.F.Macbr.
  • Oziroë Raf., alternate spelling

Oziroe is a genus of bulbous South American plants in the squill subfamily within the asparagus family. Within the Scilloideae, it is the sole member of the tribe Oziroëeae and the only genus in the subfamily to be found in the New World.

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 bracts along its length, with generally one or two flowers on straight stalks (pedicels) appearing from the angle between each bract and the scape. The flowers have six whitish tepals about 6 cm long which are joined for a short length at the base. Fertilized flowers produce black pear-shaped seeds up to 6 – long.

Species

, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized five species:

  1. Oziroe acaulis (Baker) Speta – Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
  2. Oziroe argentinensis (Lillo & Hauman) Speta – Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
  3. Oziroe arida (Poepp.) Speta – Chile; common name: "lagrimas de la Virgen"
  4. Oziroe biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Speta – Chile, Peru, Bolivia
  5. Oziroe pomensis Ravenna – Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina

References

References

  1. holotype per [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7430445#page/297/mode/1up Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 3: 53-54]
  2. "''Oziroe''". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
  3. Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "[http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Hyacinthaceae Asparagales: Scilloideae]", ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website'', retrieved 2014-02-25
  4. "''Oziroe'' Raf.". eMonocot.
  5. 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.
  6. "Search for ''Oziroe''". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].

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