Phycella cyrtanthoides
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Phycella cyrtanthoides, the Añañuca de Fuego[1], is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is a bulbous geophyte endemic to central Chile.[2]
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Phycella cyrtanthoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
Genus: | Phycella |
Species: | P. cyrtanthoides |
Binomial name | |
Phycella cyrtanthoides (Sims) Lindl. | |
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Phycella cyrtanthoides is commonly known as añañuca in Chile, and the star Gliese 367 is named after it.[3] Añañuca is, however, a common name also applied to other related species such as Zephyranthes phycelloides[4] and Paposoa laeta[5].