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(Last Modified On 10/26/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/26/2012)
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Species
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ZEPHYRANTHES TUBISPATHA Herb.
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Reference
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App. Bot. Reg. 7:96. 1821.
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Synonym
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Amaryllis tubispatba Gawl. in Bot. Mag. pI. I586. 1813. Amaryllis nervosa HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:278. 1816. ?Zephyranthes Mesochloa Herb. in Bot. Reg. pI. I345, I36I. 1830. Zepbyranthes nervosa Herb. Amaryll. 172. 1837. Zephyranthes Lindleyana Herb. loc. cit. 174. pl. 35. fig. 5. 1837.
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Description
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Leaves linear, up to 18 cm. long, about 4 mm. wide; peduncle about 12 cm. long, bearing at its apex a spathe about 2 cm. long; spathe tube cylindric, about 1 cm. long, attenuate on one side into a deeply cleft tip; pedicel slender, up to 3.5 cm. long; perianth white, the tube very short, less than 5 mm. long, the lobes obovate or oblanceolate, almost 3.5 cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide, acute apically; fila- ments inserted at the base of the tube, about 17 mm. long; anthers linear, versa- tile, attached below the middle, about 6 mm. long; style slender, up to 2.5 cm. long, bearing a trifid stigma; stigma lobes linear, about 2 mm. long.
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Distribution
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Known from Argentina (?) and Jamaica (fide Bot. Mag. loc. cit.); specimens of probably this species are known from Tobago and northern Central America. Like the other two species, this plant has been introduced into Florida and prob- ably elsewhere.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Isla Colon, alt. 0-120 m., von Wedel.
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Note
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This Wedel plant appears to be but a variety or form of the preceding species, in association with which it was found growing. However, the plant matches the illustration of Z. tubispatha in the Bot. Mag. almost perfectly, but has slightly smaller dimensions than those given for the species by Baker in his 'Handbook of Amaryllideae.' It seems best to consider the Wedel specimen as Z. tubispatha, distinct from Z. rosea, until further collections can settle its position definitely.
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