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 | |
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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. venezuelensis
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| 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
edit- ^ Emonocot, Kew Garden, Hymenocallis venezuelensis
- ^ JSTOR Herbarium type specimen
- ^ a b Traub, Hamilton Paul. Plant Life 19: 41. 1963
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Hymenocallis venezuelensis
- ^ RAYMÚNDEZ U., Marcia and Nereida SCALE XENA. 2005. Acta Botanica Venezuelana v.28 n.2 Caracas.