Rhodophiala was a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae). It consisted of about 30 South American species distributed in southern Brazil, Argentina, and, specially, in Chile. Most of the species are known colloquially as añañuca. It has now been submerged in Zephyranthes.
Rhodophiala species resemble small-flowered Hippeastrum or multiflowered Habranthus species. Their narrow parallel-sided leaves are unlike that of Hippeastrum, more closely resembling that of Habranthus or Zephyranthes.
At one stage, Rhodophiala was considered a subgenus of the closely related Hippeastrum.
Although as of February 2016 not yet accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families a number of species of Rhodophiala have been rehabilitated as Rhodolirium.
This genus does not have any accepted species, since it is a synonym of Phycella Lindl. Former species include:
Rhodophiala advena (Ker Gawl.) Traub – Central Chile
Rhodophiala ananuca (Phil.) Traub – Northern Chile
Rhodophiala andina Phil. – Central Chile
Rhodophiala araucana (Phil.) Traub – distributed Chile to Southern Argentina
Rhodophiala bagnoldii (Herb.) Traub – Northern and Central Chile
Rhodophiala bakeri (Phil.) Traub – Central Chile
Rhodophiala berteroana (Phil.) Traub – Central Chile
Rhodophiala bifida (Herb.) Traub – distributed Southern Brazil to Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Rhodophiala biflora Phil. – Chile
Rhodophiala colonum (Phil.) Traub – Southern Chile
Rhodophiala consobrina (Phil.) Traub – Central Chile
Rhodophiala flava (Phil.) Traub – Southern Chile
Rhodophiala fulgens (Hook.f.) Traub – Central Chile
Rhodophiala gilliesiana (Herb.) ined. – distributed Chile to Southern Argentina
Rhodophiala lineata (Phil.) Traub – Chile
Rhodophiala maculata (L'Hér.) Ravenna – Chile
Rhodophiala moelleri (Phil.) Traub – Southern Chile
Rhodophiala montana (Phil.) Traub – Chile
Rhodophiala phycelloides (Herb.) Hunz. – Chile
Rhodophiala popetana (Phil.
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