Hymenocallis venezuelensis

(Hymenocallis venezuelensis)

Description

Hymenocallis venezuelensis is a bulb-forming herb native to Venezuela but naturalized in parts of Peru. Type location is near Guarico. Camaguan, Venezuela. Hymenocallis venezuelensis is a small bulb-forming herb with narrow leaves and an umble of drooping white flowers. Raymúndez & Scale-Xenia discuss in some detail the morphological and anatomical differences between this and other Hymenocallis species from Venezuela.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Amaryllidaceae
Genus:Hymenocallis
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