{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Nothoscordum striatum.JPG | image_caption = ''Nothoscordum striatum''<ref>''Nothoscordum striatum'', by the 18th century author Nicolao Josepho Jacquin</ref> | image2 = 假韭 Nothoscordum gracile -波蘭 Krakow Jagiellonian University Botanic Garden, Poland- (36467222030).jpg | image2_caption = Nothoscordum gracile | taxon = Nothoscordum | authority = Kunth {{small|(1843), nom. cons.}} | synonyms = *''Beauverdia'' {{small|Herter (1943)}} *''Hesperocles'' <small>Salisb. (1855)</small> *''Oligosma'' <small>Salisb. (1866)</small> *''Pseudoscordum'' <small>Herb. (1837)</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330286-2 ''Nothoscordum'' Kunth]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 20 August 2024.</ref> }}
'''''Nothoscordum''''' is a genus of New World plants in the onion tribe within the Amaryllis family.<ref>{{citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Allioideae |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Alliaceae }}</ref> It is probably paraphyletic.<ref name="fay2006">Michael F. Fay, Paula J. Rudall, and Mark W. Chase. 2006. "Molecular studies of subfamily Gilliesioideae (Alliaceae)". ''Aliso'' '''22'''(''Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution''):367-371. ISSN 0065-6275.</ref> The genus is native to North, Central and South America, though a few species have become naturalized in various parts of the Old World.<ref name=wcspfNothoscordum>{{Citation |author=WCSP |year=2011 |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=282565 |access-date=2011-05-25 }}, search for "Nothoscordum"</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Nothoscordum Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]</ref><ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Nothoscordum Altervista Flora Italiana]</ref><ref>Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.</ref><ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref>
''Nothoscordum'' is a conserved name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nothoscordum Kunth {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330286-2 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref> It's synonymous with ''Pseudoscordum,'' which was described in 1837 by William Herbert as a reclassification of some ''Allium'' species.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Herbert |first=William |url=https://archive.org/details/amaryllidaceae00herb/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Amaryllidaceae: |date=1837 |publisher=London, J. Ridgway and Sons |others=LuEsther T. Mertz Library New York Botanical Garden}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pseudoscordum Herb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:24684-1 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref> The term ''Nothoscordum'' comes from the fourth volume of Carl Sigismund Kunth's work Enum. Pl., published six years later in 1843.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kunth |first=Karl Sigismund |url=https://archive.org/details/enumeratioplant04kuntgoog/page/456/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Enumeratio plantarum omnium hucusque cognitarum, secundum familias naturales disposita: Adjectis characteribus, differentiis et synonymis |date=1833 |publisher=Stutgardiae, Sumtibus J.G. Cottae |others=unknown library}}</ref>
== Species == ''Plants of the World Online'' accepts 91 species,<ref name = powo/> although other authorities suggest only 20.{{sfn|Sassone et al.|2014}}
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}} # ''Nothoscordum achalense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Córdoba in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum albitractum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Jujuy in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum altillanense'' <small>Ravenna & Biurrun</small> - La Rioja in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum andicola'' <small>Kunth</small> - Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, northern Argentina # ''Nothoscordum aparadense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Santa Catarina in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum arenarium'' <small>Herter</small> - northern Argentina, Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum auratum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum bahiense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Bahia in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum balaenense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum basalticum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum bivalve'' <small>(L.) Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown</small> - southern half of United States from California to Virginia, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum boliviense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Bolivia, northern Argentina # ''Nothoscordum bonariense'' <small>(Pers.) Beauverd</small> - northern Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum × borbonicum'' <small>Kunth</small> - northern Argentina'' (N. entrerianum × N. gracile)'' # ''Nothoscordum calcaense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Peru # ''Nothoscordum calderense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Salta in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum cambarense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum capivarinum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Paraná in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum carambolense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum catharinense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Santa Catarina in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum clevelandicum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Paraná in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum collinum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum conostylum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Entre Ríos in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum correntinum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum curvipes'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Paraná in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum cuyanum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - San Juan + Mendoza in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum demissum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Cusco in Peru # ''Nothoscordum dialystemon'' {{small|(Guagl.) Crosa}} – Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil to Uruguay and northeastern Argentina # ''Nothoscordum dynamiandrum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Jujuy in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum empedradense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum entrerianum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Entre Ríos in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum exile'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Paraná in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum famatinense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - La Rioja in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum felipponei'' {{small|Beauverd}} – Uruguay and northern Buenos Aires Province in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum gaudichaudianum'' <small>Kunth</small> - Uruguay, Entre Ríos in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum gibbatum'' {{small|Ravenna}} – Santa Catarina state in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum glareosum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum gracile'' <small>(Aiton) Stearn</small> - widespread from southern Mexico to Chile; naturalized in southeastern United States, California, and scattered locations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands # ''Nothoscordum gracilipes'' <small>Ravenna</small> - southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum hirtellum'' {{small|(Kunth) Herter}} – southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum ibiramense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum ineanum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Chaco in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum inundatum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum itapetinga'' {{small|Campos-Rocha & Sassone}} – São Paulo state in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum ipacarainum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Paraguay # ''Nothoscordum itatiense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum jaibanum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Minas Gerais in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum leptogynum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum luteomajus'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Paraná in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum luteominus'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Buenos Aires Province in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum macrantherum'' <small>(Kuntze) Beauverd</small> - Paraguay # ''Nothoscordum mahui'' <small>Traub</small> - Santiago Region in Chile # ''Nothoscordum marchesii'' {{small|Crosa}} – Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum moconense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Misiones in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum modestum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Paraguay # ''Nothoscordum montevidense'' <small>Beauverd</small> - Uruguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum muscorum'' {{small|Ravenna}} – Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum nublense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Biobío in Chile # ''Nothoscordum nudicaule'' <small>(Lehm.) Guagl.</small> - Uruguay, Bolivia, Argentina, southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum nudum'' <small>Beauverd</small> - Uruguay, Entre Ríos in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum nutans'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Paraná in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum ostenii'' {{small|Beauverd}} – Buenos Aires Province in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum pachyrhizum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum paradoxum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum patricium'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum pedersenii'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum pernambucanum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - eastern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum planifolium'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum portoalegrense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil # ''Nothoscordum pulchellum'' <small>Kunth</small> - central Brazil # ''Nothoscordum punillense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Córdoba + San Luis in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum rigidiscapum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum saltense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Salta + Catamarca in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum scabridulum'' <small>Beauverd</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum sengesianum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum serenense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Coquimbo in Chile # ''Nothoscordum setaceum'' <small>(Baker) Ravenna</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum stenandrum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum subsessile'' {{small|Beauverd}} – Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum subtile'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Uruguay # ''Nothoscordum tafiense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Tucumán in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum tarijanum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Bolivia, Jujuy in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum tenuifolium'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Entre Ríos in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum tibaginum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum tricostatum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Jujuy in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum tuyutiense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum umburucuyanum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum uruguaianum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - northern Argentina, southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum velazcoense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - La Rioja in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum vernum'' <small>Phil.</small> - central Chile # ''Nothoscordum vigilense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Jujuy in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum vittatum'' <small>(Griseb.) Ravenna</small> - Uruguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil # ''Nothoscordum yalaense'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Jujuy in Argentina # ''Nothoscordum yatainum'' <small>Ravenna</small> - Corrientes in Argentina {{div col end}}
===Formerly included=== Several species formerly placed in ''Nothoscordum'' are now accepted in other genera, including ''Allium, Latace, Oziroe, and Tristagma.''<ref name=wcspfNothoscordum/> We provide links to help you find appropriate information. {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Nothoscordum andinum'' <small>(Poepp.) Kunth ex Fuentes</small> – ''Latace andina'' * ''Nothoscordum aureum'' <small>(Kellogg) Hook.f. 1871 not (Lindl.) I.M.Johnst. & Parodi 1930 - </small> ''Bloomeria crocea ''var''. aurea'' * ''Nothoscordum fictile - Oziroe acaulis'' * ''Nothoscordum graminifolium - Tristagma graminifolium'' * ''Nothoscordum inodorum'' - ''Allium neapolitanum'' * ''Nothoscordum inutile - Allium inutile'' * ''Nothoscordum mairei - Allium wallichii'' * ''Nothoscordum neriniflorum - Allium neriniflorum'' * ''Nothoscordum serenense'' <small>Ravenna</small> – ''Latace serenense'' * ''Nothoscordum sessile - Oziroe acaulis'' * ''Nothoscordum siculum - Allium siculum'' * ''Nothoscordum sulvia - Allium tuberosum'' * ''Nothoscordum tubiflorum - Allium tubiflorum'' }}
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Category:Amaryllidaceae genera Category:Allioideae Category:Flora of the Americas Category:Taxa described in 1843 Category:Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth