Genus of flowering plants
Philesia is a South American genus of flowering plants in the family Philesiaceae first described as a genus in 1789.[2][3]
There is only one known species in this genus, Philesia magellanica, which is native to southern Chile (from Los Ríos to Magallanes regions) and southern Argentina.[1][4][5][6] This species is a shrub exhibiting flowers that are mostly pink in color, but some darker, more purple variations have been recorded.
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum 41-42. in Latin
- ^ Tropicos Philesia Comm. ex Juss.
- ^ Dimitri, M. F. 1974. Pequeña Flora Ilustrada de los Parques Andino-Patagónicos. Anales de los Parques Nacionales 13: 1–122, 166 figs.
- ^ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botanica 42: 1–157
- ^ Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.
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