Chilean name for Tecophilaea cyanocrocus
Jane McGary (Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:43:58 PST)
Jim McKenney asked
Can anyone tell me the Chilean name for Tecophilaea cyanocrocus? A friend of
a friend is from Chile, and I thought it would be interesting to see if she
had ever heard of it.
Since T. cyanocrocus has been considered extinct in Chile for many decades
until recently rediscovered, no common name is likely to be recorded.
However, the common names for the less extinguished T. violaeflora are
Violeta de la Cordillera and Violeta de Hojas Largas (violet of the
mountain range and long-leaved violet), according to Hoffmann's Flora
Silvestre de Chile, Zona Central.
Jane McGary