Hymenocallis tubiflora

Hymenocallis tubiflora
Hymenocallis tubiflora[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hymenocallis
Species: H. tubiflora
Binomial name
Hymenocallis tubiflora
Salisb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Hymenocallis borskiani de Vriese
  • Hymenocallis boschiana (Walp.) Kunth
  • Hymenocallis guianensis (Ker Gawl.) Herb.
  • Hymenocallis guianensis var. princeps Herb.
  • Hymenocallis guianensis var. undulata (Kunth) Herb.
  • Hymenocallis moritziana Kunth
  • Hymenocallis moritziana var. major Worsley
  • Hymenocallis petiolata (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) M.Roem.
  • Hymenocallis undulata (Kunth) Herb.
  • Pancratium boschianum Walp.
  • Pancratium guianense Ker Gawl.
  • Pancratium moritzianum (Kunth) Steyerm.
  • Pancratium petiolatum Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Pancratium triphyllum Willd. ex M.Roem.
  • Pancratium tubiflorum (Salisb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Pancratium tubulosum Willd. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Pancratium undulatum Kunth

Hymenocallis tubiflora is a plant species from Trinidad and northern South America. It is reported from Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil.[3] The name was originally coined in 1812,[4] the description based on a specimen grown at Kew Botanical Garden in London, the bulb having been seized by British sailors from a French ship captured by the Royal Navy in 1803.[5]

Hymenocallis tubiflora is a bulb-forming perennial. It has broadly lanceolate leaves up to 60 cm long, tapering at the tip and narrowing below to a long petiole. Flowers are white, borne in an umbel; tepals long and narrow, frequently drooping at flowering time; staminal cup short. Anthers yellow, borne on long filaments.[4][6]

Gardening

The species is widely cultivated in tropical countries because of its attractive, fragrant floral display. It is reported naturalized in Malaysia.[7] It can also be grown in temperate countries with proper care and protection from cold weather.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ 1818 illustration from Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 4: t. 265. As Pancratium guianense
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Salisbury, Richard Anthony. 1812. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 1: 341.
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Hymenocallis tubiflora
  6. ↑ Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1818. Botanical Register t. 265, Pancratium guianense
  7. ↑ Amaryllis garden, about Amaryllis and about gardening in Malaysia, Hymenocallis tubiflora
  8. ↑ Rare Plants United Kingdom, Hymenocallis tubiflora
  9. ↑ Garden Drum, beating a new path, Hymenocallis tubiflora
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