''Mathieua'' is a genus of

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

n plants in the family

Amaryllidaceae The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus '' Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryl ...

. It contains only one known species, ''Mathieua galanthoides'', native to

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but reportedly extinct.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Tropicos, ''Mathieua galanthoides'' Klotzsch
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References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q5390980, from2=Q15522016 Amaryllidoideae Endemic flora of Peru Monotypic Amaryllidaceae genera Extinct plants