Hymenocallis caribaea (commonly known as the Caribbean spider-lily or variegated spider-lily) is a flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. The species was first described by Linnaeus and later assigned its current name by Herbert.[3]
| Caribbean spider-lily | |
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| Hymenocallis caribaea [1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Hymenocallis |
| Species: | H. caribaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Hymenocallis caribaea Moraisalim
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It is native to the islands of the Caribbean and northern South America, including Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba, the Virgin Islands, the Windward and Leeward Islands, and the Venezuelan Antilles.[4] The Caribbean spider-lily is also widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in many tropical and subtropical regions. It has reportedly become naturalized in locations such as Sri Lanka, New South Wales, New Orleans, Bermuda, French Guiana, Suriname, and Guyana.[5]
Description
editHymenocallis caribaea is a bulb-forming perennial plant known for its striking white flowers. The plant features leaves that can grow up to 80 cm long. The flower structure, known as an umbel, can contain as many as 12 flowers. Each flower has narrowly linear tepals that can reach up to 10 cm in length, usually drooping at the time of flowering.[6][7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ 1817 illustration by Ker-Gawler, Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 3: t. 221. 1817,
- ^ The Plant List, Hymenocallis caribaea
- ^ Herbert, William. Appendix 44, 1821.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Herbert, William. 1821. Appendix to the Botanical Register: 44 Hymenocallis caribaea
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 291, Pancratium caribaeum
- ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Flora Telluriana 4: 22. Nemepiodon caribeum
- ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Flora Telluriana 4: 22, Troxistemon fragrans