Hymenocallis caribaea
| 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 (L.) Herb.
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Hymenocallis caribaea [3] is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae with the common names "Caribbean spider-lily" or "variegated spider-lily." It is native to the islands of the Caribbean and to northern South America. It is regarded as native to Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba, the Virgin Islands, and the Windward and Leeward Islands, and the Venezuelan Antilles.[4] It is also commonly cultivated as an ornamental in many other tropical and subtropical regions and reportedly naturalized in Sri Lanka, New South Wales, Bermuda, French Guinea, Suriname, and Guyana.[5]
Description[edit]
Hymenocallis caribaea is a bulb-forming perennial. Leaves are up to 80 cm long. Umbel contains as many as 12 white flowers. Tepals are narrowly linear, up to 10 cm long, usually drooping at flowering time.[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