Luzuriaga

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Luzuriaga' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/luzuriaga/). Accessed 2023-12-11.

Family

Philesiaceae

Species in genus

Luzuriaga radicans

Glossary

family: A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).
included: (botanical) Contained within another part or organ.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Luzuriaga' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/luzuriaga/). Accessed 2023-12-11.

Luzuriaga radicans flowering in the understorey at Larnach Castle, Dunedin, New Zealand. 26 November 2023. Image Tom Christian.

A genus of two or three species in temperate S. America and New Zealand, belonging to the same family as Philesia and Lapageria, both of which it resembles in its net-veined leaves and fleshy fruits. It is, however, easily distinguished from both by the shape of its flowers. The family belongs to the monocotyledons and is closely allied to the Liliaceae, in which it is included by some botanists.

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