Hymenocallis sonorensis

Hymenocallis sonorensis is a species of plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, known from several locations in the southern part of the Mexican State of Sonora, as well as the neighboring States of Sinaloa and Nayarit.[2][3]

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

Hymenocallis sonorensis is a bulb-forming perennial with showy white flowers.[4] Two other species of the genus are found in Sonora, H. pimana and H. clivorum.[5]

References

  1. The Plant List Hymenocallis sonorensis
  2. Standley, Paul Carpenter. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 17: 229 1937
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. SEINet map, Hymenocallis sonorensis
  5. Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F..


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