Amaryllidaceae
Zephyranthes

Zephyranthes minuta (Kunth) D.Dietr.

First published in Syn. Plant. 2: 1176 (1840)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Guatemala. It is a bulbous geophyte.

Distribution

Native to:

Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cook Is., Hawaii, Southwest Caribbean

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Herrera, K., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T. & Balick, M.J. (2010). Checklist of the Vascular plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with local names and uses. Allertonia 10: 1-204.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2008). Flora Zambesiaca 13(1): 1-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F. [Cited as Zephyranthes verecunda.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • Oppenheimer, H. (2011). New Hawaiian plant records for 2009. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 220: 5-10.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hartweg [220] Mexico Zephyranthes sessilis var. verecunda K000322358 Type Yes
Irvine, F.R. [2027] Ghana Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464405 Yes
Zephyranthes grandiflora K:SPC-15611.000 No
{Haage; Schmidt} [1480] Mexico Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464635 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464630 No
[Weber] [s.n.] Vietnam Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464385 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464369 Yes
[Hesor Clarke] [s.n.] Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464639 No
Iversen, S.T. [85016] Tanzania Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464421 Yes
[Padwa, J.H.] [7] Kenya Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464415 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464634 No
Kyessi [11] Tanzania Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464419 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464631 No
[Gvile, D.P.M.] [6261] Hong Kong Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464365 Yes
Wright, C. [3246] Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464644 No
Lehmann, F.C. [5880] Ecuador Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464692 Yes
{Ducloux, F. (Père)} [189] China Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464364 Yes
Bjørnstad, I. [468] Tanzania Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464418 Yes
Harbury, J. [42] Paraguay Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464688 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zephyranthes grandiflora K001735973 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464629 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464363 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464638 No
Vine, R.S. [255] India Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464370 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Rajendren, N. [48776] India Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464373 Yes
Rusapi [7657] Zimbabwe Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464426 Yes
Mohan, A. [13425] India Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464372 Yes
[Neitch, J.] [3] China Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464362 Yes
Hanbury-Tracy, J. [42] Venezuela Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464689 No
Wood, J.R.I. [3664] Colombia Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464691 Yes
s.coll. [533] India Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464371 Yes
[Padwe, S.H.] [14] Kenya Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464416 Yes
Tracey, J.A. [37] Colombia Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464690 Yes
Muti [183] Tanzania Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464420 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [35547] Malaysia Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464383 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] Zephyranthes grandiflora K001735974 No
Bjørnstad, I. [272] Tanzania Zephyranthes grandiflora K002464417 Yes
Hartweg [220] Mexico Zephyranthes verecunda K000400532 Yes
Graham [358] Mexico Zephyranthes verecunda K000400210 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images