Traubia

{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Traubia modesta imported from iNaturalist photo 126549662 on 25 October 2023.jpg | image_caption = ''Traubia modesta'' | display_parents = 3 | genus = Traubia | parent_authority = Moldenke | species = modesta | authority = (F.Phil. ex Phil.) Ravenna | synonyms_ref = <ref name=g>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=289886 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> | synonyms = * ''Rhodophiala modesta'' Phil. * ''Hippeastrum modestum'' (Phil.) Baker * ''Amaryllis modesta'' (Phil.) Traub & Uphof * ''Lapiedra chilensis'' F.Phil. ex Phil. * ''Traubia chilensis'' (F.Phil. ex Phil.) Moldenke }}

'''''Traubia''''' is a genus of Chilean plants in the Amaryllis family. Only one species is recognized, '''''Traubia modesta''''',<ref name="martaolgaalvarez">Moldenke, Harold Norman. 1963. Plant Life 19: 55. as ''Traubia chilensis''</ref><ref>Philippi, Rudolf Amandus. 1896. ''Anales de la Universidad de Chile'' 93: 144, as ''Lapiedra chilensis''</ref><ref>Pierfelice Ravenna. 1974. Plant life, Stanford 30: 31</ref> native to northern and central Chile.<ref>Ravenna, P. (2003). Elucidation and systematics of the Chilean Genera of Amaryllidaceae. Botanica Australis 2: 1-21.</ref><ref name=g/><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-289886 The Plant List, ''Traubia modesta'' (Phil.) Ravenna ]</ref><ref>Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157</ref>

==Description== ===Vegetative characteristics=== ''Traubia modesta'' is a bulbous plant with small,<ref name = "AGS" /> ovoid,<ref name = "Fundación Philippi">''Traubia modesta''. (2024, May 26). Fundación R.A. Philippi. Retrieved March 9, 2025, from https://fundacionphilippi.cl/catalogo/traubia-modesta/</ref> brown bulbs bearning linear, 8–12 cm long, and 2–3 mm wide leaves.<ref name = "AGS">''Traubia modesta''. (n.d.-b). Alpine Garden Society. Retrieved March 9, 2025, from http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Traubia/modesta</ref> ===Generative characteristics=== The inflorescence with a hollow,<ref name = "PBS" /> cylindrical, 35–50 cm long scape<ref name = "Fundación Philippi" /> bears 1–5<ref name = "PBS" /><ref name = "Fundación Philippi" /> zygomorphic,<ref name = "PBS">''Traubia''. (n.d.). Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved March 9, 2025, from https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Traubia</ref> white flowers.<ref name = "Chilebosque">''Traubia modesta''. (n.d.). Chilebosque. Retrieved March 9, 2025, from http://www.chilebosque.cl/herb/traubia_modesta.html</ref> The capsule fruit<ref name = "Fundación Philippi" /> bears black, round, and flat seeds.<ref name = "PBS" />

==Taxonomy== Within the tribe Hippeastreae, it is placed in the subtribe Traubiinae.<ref name = "García et al., 2019">García, N., Meerow, A. W., Arroyo‐Leuenberger, S., Oliveira, R. S., Dutilh, J. H., Soltis, P. S., & Judd, W. S. (2019). [https://fundacionphilippi.cl/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Amaryllidaceae-tribu-Hippeastreae.pdf Generic classification of Amaryllidaceae tribe Hippeastreae.] Taxon, 68(3), 481-498.</ref> ===Etymology=== The specific epithet ''modesta'', from the Latin ''modestus'', means modest<ref name = "Partrat, 2025">Partrat, E. (2025, February 25). A dictionary of carnivorous plant names. A World of ''Pinguicula''. Retrieved March 9, 2025, from https://www.pinguicula.org/articles/carnivorous-plant-name-dictionary/</ref> moderate,<ref>''Psammophora modesta''. (2025, February 19). World of Succulents. Retrieved March 9, 2025, from https://worldofsucculents.com/psammophora-modesta/</ref> or unassuming.<ref name = "Partrat, 2025" />

==Distribution and habitat== It occurs in the coastal regions of Coquimbo to O'Higgins Region, Chile.<ref name = "Endemic Plants of Chile">Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh & Fundación Chilco. (n.d.-c). ''Traubia modesta'' (Phil.) Ravenna. The Endemic Plants of Chile. Retrieved March 9, 2025, from https://chileanendemics.rbge.org.uk/taxa/traubia-modesta-phil-ravenna#biogeography</ref>

==References== {{reflist|20em}}

Category:Amaryllidoideae Category:Monotypic Amaryllidaceae genera Category:Endemic flora of Chile