Miersia chilensis Lindl. is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Miersia chilensis Lindl.

Miersia chilensis Lindl.

Miersia chilensis is a diploid perennial flowering herb from the Amaryllidaceae family, endemic to Chile between Coquimbo and Araucanía.

Genus
Miersia
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Miersia chilensis Lindl.

Miersia chilensis is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the Amaryllidaceae plant family. It is a perennial herb that is endemic to Chile, and its distribution in the country spans between the Coquimbo and Araucanía regions. This species is diploid with a karyotype of 2n=20, which is a larger chromosome count than that of other species in the Miersia genus, which have a karyotype of 2n=12.

Photo: (c) Matías Faúndez, all rights reserved, uploaded by Matías Faúndez

Taxonomy

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Asparagales › Amaryllidaceae › Miersia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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