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Traubia
Sign in to saveTraubia is a genus of Chilean plants in the Amaryllis family. Only one species is recognized, Traubia modesta, native to northern and central Chile.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Stivaliidae
- Collections
- BYU
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hippeastreae
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- Traubia
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Vegetative characteristics
- Generative characteristics
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Distribution and habitat
- References
Traubia is a genus of Chilean plants in the Amaryllis family. Only one species is recognized, Traubia modesta, native to northern and central Chile.
==Description== ===Vegetative characteristics=== Traubia modesta is a bulbous plant with small, ovoid, brown bulbs bearning linear, 8–12 cm long, and 2–3 mm wide leaves. ===Generative characteristics=== The inflorescence with a hollow, cylindrical, 35–50 cm long scape bears 1–5 zygomorphic, white flowers. The capsule fruit bears black, round, and flat seeds.
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