Common name:
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Eucharis caucana</i> Meerow
Country of Origin: W. Colombia
Description: Known from only four remnant patches of forest in the nearly deforested Cauca Valley and adjacent piedmont in western Colombia. This area is a dry forest zone with two dry seasons (Dec-Feb and June-Aug) and two wet seasons (Mar-May and Sep-Nov).
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USDA Zone: 10-11
Source: Jonathan Ertelt - Vanderbilt
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Amaryllidaceae
- SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae
- Tribe: Eucharideae
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References:
- Meerow, Alan. (1989). Systematics of the Amazon Lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 136-220. DOI: 10.2307/2399347
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 December, 2019.
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
- Silverstone-Sopkin, Philip A., Phenology and Survivorship of Eucharis caucana Meerow (Amaryllidaceae), An Amazone Lily Endemic to the Cauca Valley, Colombia, Los Muertos Vivientes: La Historia Natural De Cuatro Lirios Amazonicos Del Suroccidente De Colombia. pp 47-51. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 December, 2019.
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