What is Tecophilaeaceae?
{{Automatic taxobox |image = Odontostomum hartwegii 2.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Odontostomum hartwegii]]'' |taxon = Tecophilaeaceae |authority = [[Friedrich Leybold|Leyb.]] |subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] |subdivision = See text |synonyms = Cyanastraceae }} '''Tecophilaeaceae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Asparagales]]. It includes 8 genera and about 25 species. These are mainly [[Southern Hemisphere]] genera although there is one genus with one species from [[North America]]. The rootstock is a corm and the flowers are solitary or arranged on a simple or branched raceme. Flowers are yellow, white, violet, or blue and have six tepals and six stamens and a half-inferior three chambered ovary. The fruit is a capsule and the seeds are black, ovoid and often wrinkled. ==Genera== *''[[Conanthera]]'' *''[[Cyanastrum]]'' *''[[Cyanella]]'' *''[[Eremiolirion]]'' *''[[Kabuyea]]'' *''[[Odontostomum]]'' *''[[Tecophilaea]]'' <!-- Conservation Genetics 2: 193–201, 2001. --> *''[[Walleria]]'' *''[[Zephyra]]'' [[Category:Asparagales]] [[Category:Plant families]] {{biology-stub}}