Tristagma is a genus of South American plants in the onion subfamily with the Amaryllis family.[3] It is native to South America (Peru, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay) but one of the species (T. uniflorum) has become naturalized in various other places.[1][4]
Tristagma | |
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Tristagama patagonicum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Tribe: | Gilliesieae |
Genus: | Tristagma Poepp. |
Type species | |
Tristagma nivale | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Several names have been coined using the name Tristagma but referring to species now considered better suited other genera (Beauverdia, Leucocoryne, and Nothoscordum).