Mathieua

Mathieua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Genus:	Mathieua; Klotzsch
Species:	M. galanthoides
Binomial name
	Mathieua galanthoides; Klotzsch
	It was endemic to Peru
Synonyms
	Eucharis galanthoides (Klotzsch) Planch. & Linden; Urceolina galanthoides (Klotzsch) Traub;

Mathieua is a genus of South American plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. It contains only one known species, Mathieua galanthoides, native to Peru but reportedly extinct.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Mathieua galanthoides is a bulbous herb with ovate, tunicate bulbs.^[3] The ovate leaves have a long petiole.^[6]

Generative characteristics

The scapose inflorescence with a glabrous, erect, green scape bears 3–4 sessile flowers. The flowers are white with green towards the apex. The androecium consists of 6 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 3 carpels. The short stigma is trilobed.^[3]

Taxonomy

The genus and species were first described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1853.^[3]^[5] The holotype specimen is a single flower without ovary.^[7]

Etymology

The generic name Mathieua honours Louis Mathieu. The flowers resemble those of Galanthus.^[3]

Ecology

Habitat

It occurred in a region of sparse, xeric woodlands.^[7]

References

↑ Mathieua Klotzsch. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1542-1
1 2 Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154665-2
1 2 3 4 5 Johann Friedrich Klotzsch. 1853. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 21: 337
↑ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
1 2 Tropicos, Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch
↑ Field Museum of Natural History. (1912). Publication. Field Museum of Natural History (Vol. 13, Issue 1, p. 674). Field Museum of Natural History. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2375535
1 2 Meerow, A. W. (1987). The identities and systematic relationships of Mathieua Klotzsch and Plagiolirion Baker (Amaryllidaceae). Taxon, 36(3), 566-572.

[POWO_a-1] Mathieua Klotzsch. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1542-1

[POWO_b-2] 1 2 Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154665-2

[Klotzsch,_1853-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Johann Friedrich Klotzsch. 1853. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 21: 337

[4] León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.

[Tropicos-5] 1 2 Tropicos, Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch

[Flora_of_Peru-6] Field Museum of Natural History. (1912). Publication. Field Museum of Natural History (Vol. 13, Issue 1, p. 674). Field Museum of Natural History. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2375535

[Meerow,_1987-7] 1 2 Meerow, A. W. (1987). The identities and systematic relationships of Mathieua Klotzsch and Plagiolirion Baker (Amaryllidaceae). Taxon, 36(3), 566-572.

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