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Hymenocallis venezuelensis

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Hymenocallis venezuelensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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 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

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  1. ^ Emonocot, Kew Garden, Hymenocallis venezuelensis
  2. ^ JSTOR Herbarium type specimen
  3. ^ a b 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.