Tristagma

Tristagma
Tristagama patagonicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Gilliesieae
Genus: Tristagma
Poepp. (1833)
Type species
Tristagma nivale
Species

17; see text

Synonyms
  • Garaventia Looser (1941)
  • Gardinia Bertero (1829), not validly published
  • Steinmannia Phil. (1884), illegitimate homonym not Opiz 1852 (Polygonaceae)

Tristagma is a genus of South American plants in the onion subfamily with the Amaryllis family. It includes 17 species native to Peru, Argentina, and Chile in South America.