Wurmbea monantha is a perennial herb that is native to Western Australia.[2][3] The white to pink flowers are produced between July and September in its native range.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Wurmbea |
| Species: | W. monantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Wurmbea monantha | |
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Anguillaria monantha Endl. | |
The species was first formally described in 1846 by Austrian botanist Stephen Endlicher in Plantae Preissianae, based on plant material collected from Perth. He gave it the name Anguillaria monantha.[4] The species was transferred to the genus Wurmbea in 1980 by Terry Macfarlane.[1][5]
The specific epithet, monantha, is a Botanical Latin adjective, monanthus, -a, -um, which describes the plant as being "one-flowered".[6]
References edit
- ^ a b "Wurmbea monantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist for Selected Plant Families, Wurmbea monantha
- ^ a b "Wurmbea monantha". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Stephen Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher. 1846. Plantae Preissianae sive Enumeratio plantarum quas in Australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841; collegit Ludovicus Preiss. Partim ab aliis partim a se ipso determinatas descriptas illustratas edidit Christianus Lehmann, Hamburg 2: 45. Anguillaria monantha
- ^ Macfarlane, Terry Desmond (1980). "A revision of Wurmbea (Liliaceae) in Australia". Brunonia. 3 (2): 167.
- ^ Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (4th ed). Timber Press, Oregon. p. 448. ISBN 9780881926279.
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