''Solenomelus'' is a genus of
South American (
Argentina &
Chile)
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref> species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. They are very closely allied to Sisyrinchium with rhizomes
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
, flowers with a perianth tube and a style that is not divided and a single capitate stigma. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''solen'', meaning "tube", and ''melos'', meaning "member".[
* '']Solenomelus pedunculatus
''Solenomelus pedunculatus'' is a common species of flowering plants of the genus ''Solenomelus'' that is native to the Chilean Andes. It has grass-like leaves that are greyish green growing in a clump and a succession of short-lived deep yel ...
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) Hochr. - northern + central Chile
* '' Solenomelus segethi'' (Phil.
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) Kuntze[Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 309 1898] - central Chile, southern Argentina
References
Sisyrinchieae
Iridaceae genera
Flora of South America
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