Family · Monocots
Tecophilaeaceae
Chilean blue crocus
Cormous herbs of the Americas and Africa; includes the intensely blue, once-wild-extinct Chilean blue crocus.
- Accepted species
- 27accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 9accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈38 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Tecophilaea cyanocrocus
- Cyanella
Genera
Cyanella9 spp.
Conanthera5 spp.
Cyanastrum3 spp.
Walleria3 spp.
Tecophilaea2 spp.
Zephyra2 spp.
Eremiolirion1 spp.
Kabuyea1 spp.
Odontostomum1 spp.
Where it grows
- Africa17
- Southern America9
- Northern America1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Tecophilaeaceae sits in the order Asparagales.
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