Wurmbea monantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Colchicaceae |
Genus: | Wurmbea |
Species: | W. monantha
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Binomial name | |
Wurmbea monantha | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Anguillaria monantha Endl. |
Wurmbea monantha is a perennial herb that is native to Western Australia. [2] [3] The white to pink flowers are produced between July and September in its native range. [3]
The species was first formally described in 1846 by Austrian botanist Stephen Endlicher in Plantae Preissianae, based on plant material collected from Perth. He gave it the name Anguillaria monantha. [4] The species was transferred to the genus Wurmbea in 1980 by Terry Macfarlane. [1] [5]
The specific epithet, monantha, is a Botanical Latin adjective, monanthus, -a, -um, which describes the plant as being "one-flowered". [6]