''Conanthera'' is a genus of small bulbous plants with small

panicle In botany, a panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a p ...

s of blue, purple or white and purple flowers. Propagation is by offsets or seed. All species are native to

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

, but there is an old 18th-Century report of ''C. bifolia'' occurring in colonial

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

specimen collected some time between 1778 and 1788, type of ''C. bifolia'' cited by Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1802. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 3: 68, ''Conanthera'' as well. This could possibly be attributed to changes in boundaries between the two countries, as modern sources list the species as

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

. ;Species # '' Conanthera bifolia'' Ruiz & Pav. - from Valparaíso to La Araucanía # '' Conanthera campanulata'' Lindl. - from Antofagasta to La Araucanía # '' Conanthera parvula'' (Phil.) Muñoz-Schick - from Valparaíso to La Araucanía # '' Conanthera trimaculata'' (D.Don) F.Meigen - central Chile # '' Conanthera urceolata'' Ravenna - Atacama

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pacificbulbsociety.org
Asparagales genera Flora of Chile Tecophilaeaceae Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López {{Asparagales-stub