Mathieua
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Genus: | Mathieua Klotzsch |
| Species: | M. galanthoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch
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| It was endemic to Peru[1] | |
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Mathieua is a genus of South American plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. It contains only one known species, Mathieua galanthoides, native to Peru but reportedly extinct.[2][3][4][5]
Description
[edit]Vegetative characteristics
[edit]Mathieua galanthoides is a bulbous herb with ovate, tunicate bulbs.[3] The ovate leaves have a long petiole.[6]
Generative characteristics
[edit]The scapose inflorescence with a glabrous, erect, green scape bears 3–4 sessile flowers. The flowers are white with green towards the apex. The androecium consists of 6 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 3 carpels. The short stigma is trilobed.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus and species were first described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1853.[3][5] The holotype specimen is a single flower without ovary.[7]
Etymology
[edit]The generic name Mathieua honours Louis Mathieu. The flowers resemble those of Galanthus.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Habitat
[edit]It occurred in a region of sparse, xeric woodlands.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Mathieua Klotzsch. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1542-1
- ^ a b Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154665-2
- ^ a b c d e Johann Friedrich Klotzsch. 1853. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 21: 337
- ^ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
- ^ a b Tropicos, Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch
- ^ Field Museum of Natural History. (1912). Publication. Field Museum of Natural History (Vol. 13, Issue 1, p. 674). Field Museum of Natural History. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2375535
- ^ a b Meerow, A. W. (1987). The identities and systematic relationships of Mathieua Klotzsch and Plagiolirion Baker (Amaryllidaceae). Taxon, 36(3), 566-572.