Hymenocallis puntagordensis

Hymenocallis puntagordensis the smallcup spiderlily or Punta Gorda spiderlily, is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae.[2] It is a rare and little known endemic known only from the vicinity of Punta Gorda, in Charlotte County, Florida.[1] This is on the Gulf coast just north of Fort Myers.[3][4] The species is listed as "critically imperiled."[5]

Hymenocallis puntagordensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hymenocallis
Species:
H. puntagordensis
Binomial name
Hymenocallis puntagordensis
Traub
Synonyms[1]

Hymenocallis latifolia var. puntagordensis (Traub) D. B. Ward

Hymenocallis puntagordensis is a bulb-forming perennial found on roadsides and in disturbed pine woodlands. It is similar to H. latifolia, differing in having narrower, coriaceous leaves and a staminal corona with prominently lacerate margins.[3][6]

References

  1. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
  2. The Plant List
  3. Flora of North America vol 26, p 291.
  4. Traub, Plant Life 18:71. 1962
  5. Institute for Regional Conservation, Floristic Inventory of South Florida Database
  6. Hymenocallis latifolia (Miller) M. Roemer, var. puntagordensis (Traub) D. B. Ward, Phytologia 94: 463. 2012.
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