See here Tecophilaea is a genus of cormous plants in the family Tecophilaeaceae.

[3] Tecophilaea are perennial, cormous[4] herbs[4][5] The trilocular capsule fruit bears many seeds.

The type species is Tecophilaea violiflora Bertero ex Colla.

[7] The genus Tecophilaea was named after the botanical artist Tecophila Billotti, the daughter of the Italian botanist Luigi Aloysius Colla, who published the genus.

[8] Species[3] Tecophilaea cyanocrocus was believed to be extinct in the wild, but was rediscovered in 2001.