Hymenocallis venezuelensis

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

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. 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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