Pucara

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Pucara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Lilliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Pucara
FMA IA 58 Pucará is also an Argentinian airplane

Pucara Ravena (1972) is a genus of the Amaryllidaceae from Peru. It was shown to be a part of the genus Stenomesson by Meerow and van der Werff (2004) using several DNA sequences.

Meerow, A. W. and H. van der Werff. 2004. Pucara (Amaryllidaceae) reduced to synonymy with Stenomesson on the basis of nuclear and plastid DNA spacer sequences, and a new related species of Stenomesson. Systematic Botany 29: 511-517.

Ravenna, P. 1972. Pucara, género nuevo de Amaryllidaceae del norte de Peru. Annales del Museo Nacional de Valparaiso 5: 85–89.