''Rauhia'' is a genus of bulbous, perennial 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 ...

endemic to Peru.León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006

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El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s

Description

Vegetative characteristics

''Rauhia'' are bulbous,''Rauhia''. (n.d.). Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved January 6, 2025, from https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Rauhia perennial plantsArroyo-Leuenberger, S. (2020)
''Rauhia'' AMARYLLIDACEAE.
In: Eggli, U., Nyffeler, R. (eds) Monocotyledons. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. with annual, ovate to oblong, fleshy, petiolate, glaucous leaves and large,Meerow, A.W., Snijman, D.A. (1998)
Amaryllidaceae.
In: Kubitzki, K. (eds) Flowering Plants · Monocotyledons. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. solitary, tunicate, underground bulbs.

Generative characteristics

The stout, umbellate inflorescences with erect, solid scapes bear numerous pedicellate, infundibular to tubular, actinomorphic or zygomorphic,Byng, J. W. (2014).
The Flowering Plants Handbook: A practical guide to families and genera of the world.
p. 88. Vereinigtes Königreich: Plant Gateway Ltd.. green to white flowers. The seeds are black or brown.

Cytology

The diploid chromosome count is 2n = 46.

Taxonomy

It was published by

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in 1957 with ''Rauhia peruviana'' as the type species.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-x). ''Rauhia'' Traub. Tropicos. Retrieved January 6, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40022909

Species

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Rauhia multiflora ''Rauhia'' is a genus of bulbous, perennial plants in the family Amaryllidaceae endemic to Peru.León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 007 El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revist ...

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Rauhia staminosa ''Rauhia'' is a genus of bulbous, perennial plants in the family Amaryllidaceae endemic to Peru.León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 007 El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revist ...

'' Ravenna - Peru (Amazonas)

Etymology

The generic name ''Rauhia'' refers to the German botanist

Werner Rauh Werner Rauh (16 May 1913 in Niemegk – 7 April 2000 in Heidelberg) was a German biologist, botanist and author. Biography Born in the town of Niemegk near Bitterfeld, Rauh studied at Biology faculty at the University of Halle under the morp ...

(1913-2000).Leuenberger, B. E., & Arroyo-Leuenberger, S. (2006)
Humboldt, Bonpland, Kunth and the type specimen of ''Rauhia multiflora'' (Amaryllidaceae) from Peru.
Willdenowia, 601-610.

Ecology

It occurs on rocky slopes, and in open, seasonally dry woodlands at elevations of 1000–1500 m.

Cultivation

''Rauhia multiflora'' is found in cultivation. ''Rauhia'' has been successfully used in intergeneric hybridisation with ''

Eucrosia ''Eucrosia'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae) distributed from Ecuador to Peru. The name is derived from the Greek , beautiful, and , a fringe, referring t ...

''.Meerow, A. W., Roh, M., & Lawson, R. S. (1992, May)
Breeding of ''Eucrosia'' (Amaryllidaceae) for cutflower and pot plant production.
In VI International Symposium on Flower Bulbs 325 (pp. 555-560).

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3930517 Amaryllidaceae genera Endemic flora of Peru Amaryllidoideae Plants described in 1957