Hymenocallis speciosa

Hymenocallis speciosa, the green-tinge spiderlily, is a species of the genus Hymenocallis that is native to the Windward Islands in the eastern Caribbean. It is cultivated as an ornamental in some areas, and reportedly naturalized in Cuba and the Bahamas.[2][3]

Green-tinge spiderlily
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hymenocallis
Species:
H. speciosa
Binomial name
Hymenocallis speciosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Pancratium speciosumL. f. ex Salisb.
  • Hymenocallis formosa M.Roem.
  • Hymenocallis speciosa var. angustifolia Herb.
  • Hymenocallis speciosa var. humilis Herb.
  • Hymenocallis speciosa var. longipetiolata Herb.
  • Nemepiodon speciosum (L.f. ex Salisb.) Raf.
  • Pancratium formosum M.Roem.

Hymenocallis speciosa is a bulb-forming perennial. Stipe can attain a height of up to 50 cm. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 50 cm long and 10 cm across, narrowing to a petiole below. One umbel can produce as many as 20 flowers. Flowers are white with a slight greenish tinge, the tepals reflexed (curling backwards) at flowering time.[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. The Plant List Hymenocallis speciosa
  2. "Hymenocallis speciosa". Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Hymenocallis speciosa
  4. Hortipedia, Hymenocallis speciosa
  5. Salisbury, Richard Anthony. 1812. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 1: 340, Hymenocallis speciosa
  6. Salisbury, Richard Anthony. 1794. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2: 73, t. 12. Pancratium speciosum
  7. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Flora Telluriana 4: 22, Nemepiodon speciosum


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