Check List 21(1): 142-147, doi: 10.15560/21.1.142
First records of the genus Pyrolirion Herb. (Liliopsida, Asparagales, Amaryllidaceae) in Ecuador
expand article infoNora H. Oleas‡, Lou Jost§, Ricardo Zambrano C.|, Cristian Guzmán Torres, Jorge Heredia#, Martin Bustamante#, Hugo Romero-Saltos¤, María Paulina Moreno-Armijos¤, Alan W. Meerow«, Catalina Quintana»
‡ Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador§ Fundación Ecominga, Baños, Ecuador| Jardín Botánico de Quito, Quito, Ecuador¶ Comité de Gestión Regional Área de Conservación y Uso Sustentable Mojanda-Cambugán, Quito, Ecuador# Fundación Zoológica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador¤ Yachay Tech University, Quito, Ecuador« Arizona State University, Tempe, United States of America» Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Corresponding author: Catalina Quintana ( cquintanam@puce.edu.ec )

Academic editor: André Scatigna
© Nora H. Oleas, Lou Jost, Ricardo Zambrano C., Cristian Guzmán Torres, Jorge Heredia, Martin Bustamante, Hugo Romero-Saltos, María Paulina Moreno-Armijos, Alan W. Meerow, Catalina Quintana.
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Citation: Oleas NH, Jost L, Zambrano C. R, Guzmán Torres C, Heredia J, Bustamante M, Romero-Saltos H, Moreno-Armijos MP, Meerow AW, Quintana C (2025) First records of the genus Pyrolirion Herb. (Liliopsida, Asparagales, Amaryllidaceae) in Ecuador. Check List 21(1): 142-147. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.1.142
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Abstract

We report for the first time in Ecuador the small plant genus Pyrolirion Herb. (Amaryllidaceae). We identify several Ecuadorian populations of Pyrolirion tubiflorum (L’Hér.) M. Roem. located in four provinces along the Ecuadorian Andes. This species has been previously recorded in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. An updated description of P. tubiflorum is provided, along with detailed photographs of some of the Ecuadorian examples of the species.

Keywords
Bulbous plant, dry valleys, citizen science, iNaturalist, conservation status