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Stenomesson leucanthum

Stenomesson leucanthum
Photo: Pierfelice Ravenna, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
N. Peru
Climate
wet tropical

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Stenomesson leucanthum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Peru. Pierfelice Ravenna, the Chilean botanists who first formally described the species, using the basionym Pucara leucantha, named it after its white (Latinized form of Greek λευκός, leukós) flowers (Latinized form of Greek ἄνθος, ánthos).

Other Stenomesson plants

Stenomesson tubiflorum · Stenomesson chloranthum · Stenomesson

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stenomesson leucanthum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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