Calochortus ghiesbreghtii

Calochortus ghiesbreghtii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Calochortus
Species: C. ghiesbreghtii
Binomial name
Calochortus ghiesbreghtii
S.Wats.

Calochortus ghiesbreghtii is a Mesoamerican species of plants in the lily family. It is native to Guatemala and to the States of Hidalgo and Chiapas in Mexico.[1][2][3][4][5]

Description

Calochortus ghiesbreghtii is a bulb-forming perennial herb. Flowers are upright, white to pale purple, sometimes with hairy glands near the base of the petals.[6]

References

  1. Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1994). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(3): 1-74. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F..
  2. Gerritsen, M.E. & Parsons, R. (2007). Calochortus: Mariposa lilies & their relatives: 1-232. Timber press, Inc. Portland, U.S.A.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Macfarlane, R. M. 1994. 13. Calochortus Pursh. 6: 32–33. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamerocana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..
  5. Reyes-García, A. & M. Sousa Sánchez. 1997. Depresión central de Chiapas. La selva baja caducifolia. Listados Florísticos de México 17: 1–41.
  6. Watson, Sereno 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 268


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