Amaryllidaceae
Zephyranthes

Zephyranthes puertoricensis Traub

First published in Pl. Life 7: 37 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Panama to N. South America, Caribbean. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Liogier, H.A. & Martorell, L.F. (2000). Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: a Systematic Synopsis ed. 2: 1-382. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.
  • Williams, R.O. (1983). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 3(3): 201-277. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.
  • Williams, R.O. (1983). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 3(3): 201-277. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hume, H.H. [s.n.] United States Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464627 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [4867] India Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464381 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A1732] Ghana Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464409 Yes
[E Yllz] [6] Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464616 Yes
Murray, H.B. [s.n.] Saint Lucia Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464617 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464380 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [526] Tanzania Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464425 Yes
{WM. Harris} [10810] Jamaica Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464623 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1540] Sierra Leone Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464412 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [575] Tanzania Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464424 Yes
Marmo, V. [153] Sierra Leone Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464407 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [8371] Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464411 Yes
Akpabia, G.K. [GC 514] Ghana Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464408 Yes
Hume, H.H. [s.n.] United States Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464624 Yes
{Morton, J.K.; Anderson} [SL 1322] Sierra Leone Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464410 Yes
Eggers, B. [s.n.] Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464618 Yes
[Reyle] [s.n.] India Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464378 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464625 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [1702] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Zephyranthes tubispatha K001735971 Yes
{Haage; Schmidle} [1435] Mexico Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464626 Yes
Jones, L.B. [396-53] United States Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464628 Yes
{Edgeworth} [75] India Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464379 Yes
[Nuz] [s.n.] Singapore Zephyranthes tubispatha K002464384 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0