{{short description|Species of plant}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Paramongaia weberbaueri 002 GotBot 2017.jpg |image_caption = ''Paramongaia weberbaueri'' |image2 = Figure 2. Clinanthus milagroanthus S. Leiva & Meerow (cropped).jpg |image2_caption = Detail of ''Paramongaia milagroantha'' flowers |taxon = Paramongaia |authority = Velarde |type_species = ''Paramongaia weberbaueri'' |type_species_authority = Velarde<ref name = "Tropicos">Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-c). ''Paramongaia'' Velarde. Tropicos. Retrieved 1 December 2024, from http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/40001382</ref> |synonyms = *''Anax'' Ravenna *''Callithauma'' Herb. |synonyms_ref = <ref name = "POWO" /> }}
'''''Paramongaia ''''' is a genus of South American plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, the most important species being '''''Paramongaia weberbaueri''''' found only in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia.<ref name="erinmcquiddy">Octavio Velarde. 1949. Lilloa 17: 489.</ref> Common names are '''"giant Peruvian daffodil"''',<ref>[http://www.strangewonderfulthings.com/302.htm Strange Wonderful Things, Rare and exotic plants & seeds, ''Paramongaia weberbaueri'' - the "Giant Peruvian Daffodil" ]</ref> and '''''Cojomaria'''''. Its flower superficially resembles a 'King Alfred' daffodil, but the flower is much larger, up to {{cvt|18.5|cm}} long by {{cvt|18.5|cm}} wide with a corona {{cvt|8.5|cm}} by {{cvt|8.5|cm}} long by {{cvt|8|cm}} wide.<ref>{{ cite book | last1= Phillips | first1= Roger | last2= Rix | first2= Martyn | date= 1997 | title= Random House Book of Indoor and House Plants - Volume two | location= New York | publisher= Random House | page=251 }}</ref> thumb|Immature bulb of ''Paramongaia weberbaueri'' Velarde
==Taxonomy== It was published by Octavio Velarde in 1949<ref name = "IPNI">''Paramongaia'' Velarde. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 1 December 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/296986-2</ref><ref name = "Tropicos" /> with ''Paramongaia weberbaueri'' {{au|Velarde}} as the type species.<ref name = "Meerow, 2020" /><ref name = "Tropicos" /> After the genus was expanded, ''Paramongaia'' Velarde was conserved against the genus ''Callithauma'' Herb. published by William Herbert in 1837 with ''Callithauma viridiflorum'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb. as the type species.<ref name = "Meerow, 2020">Meerow, A. W. (2020). [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/tax.12141 Proposal to conserve the name ''Paramongaia'' against ''Callithauma'' (Amaryllidaceae).]</ref> ===Species=== There are five recognized species:<ref name = "POWO">{{cite POWO |id=296986-2 |title=''Paramongaia'' Velarde |accessdate=11 April 2023}}</ref> *''Paramongaia milagroantha'' (S.Leiva & Meerow) Meerow *''Paramongaia mirabile'' (Ravenna) Meerow *''Paramongaia multiflora'' Meerow *''Paramongaia viridiflora'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Meerow *''Paramongaia weberbaueri'' Velarde
==Phylogeny== The following relationships were reported:<ref name = "Meerow & Nakamura, 2019">Meerow, A. W., & Nakamura, K. (2019). [https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.416.2.6 "Two new species of Peruvian Amaryllidaceae, an expanded concept of the genus ''Paramongaia'', and taxonomic notes in ''Stenomesson''".] Phytotaxa, 416(2), 184-196.</ref> {{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Paramongaia milagroantha'' |2=''Paramongaia mirabile''}} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Paramongaia viridiflora'' |2=''Paramongaia multiflora''}} |2=''Paramongaia weberbaueri''}}}} }}
==Etymology== The generic name ''Paramongaia'' refers to Paramonga, Peru.<ref name = "Mathew, 1997">Mathew, B. (1997). 323. ''PARAMONGAIA WEBERBAUERI'': Amaryllidaceae. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 14(3), 142–147. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45065245</ref>
==Conservation== The rare species ''Paramongaia weberbaueri'' has successfully been artificially propagated.<ref name = "Dinkelman et al., 1989">Dinkelman, K., Finnie, J. F., Drennan, P. M., & van Staden, J. (1989). [https://journals.ashs.org/downloadpdf/journals/hortsci/24/5/article-p860.pdf "In vitro multiplication of ''Paramongaia weberbaueri''."] HortScience, 24(5), 860-860.</ref>
==Ecology== ===Pollination=== The flowers may possibly be moth-pollinated.<ref name = "Meerow, 2010">Meerow, A. W. (2010). [https://www.academia.edu/download/33180166/Meerow-M4sm.pdf Convergence or reticulation? Mosaic evolution in the canalized American Amaryllidaceae.] Diversity, phylogeny and evolution in the monocotyledons, 145-168.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.rareplants.es/shop/prodtype.asp?CAT_ID=94376075 Rare Plants, ''Pamianthe'' (Peruvian Daffodil) & ''Paramongaia'' (Peruvian Daffodil)] *[http://thebulbmaven.typepad.com/the_bulb_maven/2014/03/paramongaia-weberbauerii.html Bulb Maven, ''Paramongaia weberbauerii'']
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Category:Amaryllidaceae genera Category:Amaryllidoideae Category:Flora of Peru Category:Flora of Bolivia