''Zephyranthes phycelloides'', commonly known as añañuca roja, is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

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 is a bulbous geophyte endemic to central

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 ...

. It is morphologically similar to other species of its genus, but also notably to ''

Phycella cyrtanthoides ''Phycella cyrtanthoides'', the Añañuca de Fuego, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is a bulbous geophyte endemic to central Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South Amer ...

''. ''Z. phycelloides'', however, has a trifid (three lobed) stigma as opposed to the capitated (rounded) stigma of ''P. crytanthoides''. The species was formerly known as ''

Rhodophiala ''Rhodophiala'' was a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulb, bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae). It consisted of about 30 South American species distributed in southern Brazil, Argentina, and, spe ...

phycelloides''.

References

phycelloides Taxa named by William Herbert (botanist) {{Amaryllidaceae-stub