Urceolina × grandiflora | |
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The illustration of Urceolina × grandiflora in the original publication. The green lines below the staminal cup are filamental traces along the perianth tube. | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
Genus: | Urceolina |
Species: | U. × grandiflora
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Binomial name | |
Urceolina × grandiflora | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Urceolina × grandiflora, formerly known as Eucharis × grandiflora, is a natural hybrid putatively between U. moorei and U. sanderi of the family Amaryllidaceae, native to western Colombia and western Ecuador. [1]
The aneutriploid species U. amazonica is often misidentified as U. × grandiflora. Both of them are sterile plants with large fragrant white flowers, but they differ in leaf length, free filament shape, and staminal cup length: [2]