1181.000 Zephyranthes Herb.

Description of the genus

Perennial bulbous herbs. Leaves usually present at anthesis. Scape solitary, hollow.Flowers solitary, usually white, tinged with pink, ± actinomorphic. Per. segments 6, united below, inner 3 slightly narrower than outer 3; tube often scaly in throat. Corona 0. Stamens 6, ± equal in length and straight; anthers dorsifixed, versatile. Stigma 3-fid. Fruit a capsule.

Worldwide: 40 species in tropical and warm America

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa.

No image yet

Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	Content
candida Herb.
minuta (Kunth) D. Dietr.

Other sources of information about Zephyranthes:

Our websites:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Zephyranthes

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Zephyranthes
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Zephyranthes
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Zephyranthes
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Zephyranthes
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Zephyranthes
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Zephyranthes
JSTOR Plant Science: Zephyranthes
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Zephyranthes
Plants of the World Online: Zephyranthes
Tropicos: Zephyranthes
Wikipedia: Zephyranthes

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Zephyranthes.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=365, retrieved 19 April 2024

Site software last modified: 12 October 2020 10:30pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use