Urceolina candida,[1] formerly known as Eucharis candida, is a plant species native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru but cultivated as an ornamental in many other regions.[2]

Urceolina candida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Urceolina
Species:
U. candida
Binomial name
Urceolina candida
Synonyms[1]
  • Caliphruria candida (Planch. & Linden) Baill.
  • Eucharis candida Planch. & Linden

This plant is a bulb-forming her with broadly lanceolate to elliptical leaves, pleated lengthwise. Flowers are drooping, borne in umbels. Tepals are white, egg-shaped, reflexed (curling backwards) to reveal the yellow anthers.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Urceolina candida (Planch. & Linden) Traub". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Eucharis candida
  3. ^ Jules Émile Planchon & Jean Jules Linden. 1853. Catalogue des Plantes Exotiques 8: 3.