Plagiolirion
| Plagiolirion | |
|---|---|
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| Plagiolirion horsmannii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Plagiolirion |
| Species: | P. horsmannii |
| Binomial name | |
| Plagiolirion horsmannii Baker | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Plagiolirion is a genus of Colombian plants in the Amaryllis family.[2] It contains only one known species, Plagiolirion horsmannii,[2] rare in the wild and for several years thought extinct until rediscovered in the Río Cauca Valley in 1989.[3] The species is widely cultivated because of its showy flowers.[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Gilbert Baker. 1883. Gardeners' Chronicle, new series 2: 38.
- ↑ Alan W. Meerow and Philip Silverstone-Sopkin. 1995. The rediscovery of Plagiolirion horsmannii Baker (Amaryllidaceae) Brittonia 47(4): 426-431
- ↑ Tropicos, Plagiolirion horsmannii Baker