Urceolina candida
| Urceolina candida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Urceolina |
| Species: | U. candida
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| Binomial name | |
| Urceolina candida | |
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Urceolina candida is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.[1][2] It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru but cultivated as an ornamental in many other regions.[3]
This plant is a bulb-forming her with broadly lanceolate to elliptical leaves, pleated lengthwise. Flowers are drooping, borne in umbels. Tepals are white, egg-shaped, and curl backwards to reveal the yellow anthers.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Urceolina candida (Planch. & Linden) Traub". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "Urceolina candida (Planch. & Linden) Traub". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Eucharis candida
- ^ Jules Émile Planchon & Jean Jules Linden. 1853. Catalogue des Plantes Exotiques 8: 3.