Zephyranthes carinata Herb.

 
  • Family : AMARYLLIDACEAE
    (Amaryllis Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SUDARSHAN FAMILY (सुदर्शन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaryllidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Amaryllis carinata (Herb.) Spreng.; Atamosco carinata (Herb.) P.Wilson; Hippeastrum carinatum (Herb.) Christenh. & Byng; Pogonema carinata (Herb.) Raf.; Amaryllis concinna R.Morris; Amaryllis lindleyana Schult. & Schult.f.; Zephyranthes tsouii H.H.Hu
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Zephyranthes carinata Herb.
  • Common name : Pink Lily, Zephyr Lily, Fairy Lily
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Often grown in gardens.
  • Key identification features : Perennial herbs; Inflorescence long peduncled umbel; Flowers small, whitish.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 25/04/1955
  • Collection Nos : CS 2277
  • Collection Locality : Catharine falls, Nilgiri district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Thane district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap, Tawang
  • Native : Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Matthew, K.M., 1983. The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2)
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 207
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Zephyranthes carinata. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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