See text Rhodophiala was a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae[2]).

It consisted of about 30 South American species distributed in southern Brazil, Argentina, and, specially, in Chile.

Their narrow parallel-sided leaves are unlike that of Hippeastrum, more closely resembling that of Habranthus or Zephyranthes.

[4] At one stage, Rhodophiala was considered a subgenus of the closely related Hippeastrum.

[5] 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.