Hymenocallis venezuelensis

Hymenocallis venezuelensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hymenocallis
Species: H. venezuelensis
Binomial name
Hymenocallis venezuelensis
Traub

Hymenocallis venezuelensis is a bulb-forming herb native to Venezuela but naturalized in parts of Peru. [1]Type location is near Guarico. Camaguan, Venezuela.[2][3][4][5]

Hymenocallis venezuelensis is a small bulb-forming herb with narrow leaves and an umble of drooping white flowers.[3] Raymúndez & Scale-Xenia discuss in some detail the morphological and anatomical differences between this and other Hymenocallis species from Venezuela. [6]


References

  1. ↑ Emonocot, Kew Garden, Hymenocallis venezuelensis
  2. ↑ JSTOR Herbarium type specimen
  3. 1 2 Traub, Hamilton Paul. Plant Life 19: 41. 1963
  4. ↑ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.
  5. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Hymenocallis venezuelensis
  6. ↑ RAYMÚNDEZ U., Marcia and Nereida SCALE XENA. 2005. Acta Botanica Venezuelana v.28 n.2 Caracas.
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