Pamianthe

Peruvian daffodil
Pamianthe peruviana[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Pamianthe
Stapf[1][2]
Type species
Pamianthe peruviana

Pamianthe is a genus of South American bulbous perennials in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.[4] They can be found in sandy, but rocky areas in Colombia,[5] Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.[1][6]

Papery thin seeds of Pamianthe peruviana
Germinating Pamianthe peruviana Stapf seed with emerging leaf
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference POWO_296918-2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Stapf, Otto 1933. Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette ser. 3. 93: 106
  3. ^ 1933 illustration from Botanical Magazine 156: plate 9315
  4. ^ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Meer19 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis