Hymenocallis_puntagordensis

<i>Hymenocallis puntagordensis</i>

Hymenocallis puntagordensis

Species of flowering plant

Hymenocallis puntagordensis the smallcup spiderlily or Punta Gorda spiderlily, is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae.[2] It is a rare and little known endemic known only from the vicinity of Punta Gorda, in Charlotte County, Florida.[1] This is on the Gulf coast just north of Fort Myers.[3][4] The species is listed as "critically imperiled."[5]

Quick Facts Hymenocallis puntagordensis, Scientific classification ...

Hymenocallis puntagordensis is a bulb-forming perennial found on roadsides and in disturbed pine woodlands. It is similar to H. latifolia, differing in having narrower, coriaceous leaves and a staminal corona with prominently lacerate margins.[3][6]

References

  1. [1]
    Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
  2. [2]
    The Plant List
  3. [3]
    Flora of North America vol 26, p 291.
  4. [4]
    Traub, Plant Life 18:71. 1962
  5. [5]
    Institute for Regional Conservation, Floristic Inventory of South Florida Database
  6. [6]
    Hymenocallis latifolia (Miller) M. Roemer, var. puntagordensis (Traub) D. B. Ward, Phytologia 94: 463. 2012.
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