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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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EUCHARIS BOUCHEI Woodson & Allen
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24:181. 1937.
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Description
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Bulbs ovoid, about 4 cm. long; leaf-blades broadly oval to ovate-lanceolate, abruptly acumi- nate, 20-3 5 cm. long, 11-15 cm. broad, rather abruptly narrowed to the slender petiole 20-30 cm. long; flowering scape 30-50 cm. long, bear- ing 4-8 rather showy white flowers at the tip; perianth tube 3.0-4.5 cm. long, about 0.1 cm. wide at the base, abruptly widened to a conical throat about 0.5-0.7 cm. in diameter, the lobes ovate to oblong-ovate, acute to obtuse, 2.0-2.5 cm. long; corona erect, about 0.8 cm. tall, com- posed of 5 acutely tapered segments united for about half their length.
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Distribution
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Panama, in highland forest.
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Note
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Perhaps the same species is represented in Costa Rica by E. him- eroessa Sandw. nom. nud. apud Standl. Fl. Costa Rica 1:176. 1937.
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Specimen
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COCLE: El Valle de Anton, Allen 120, I228, 2063, Seibert 466.
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