Zephyranthes candida
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|genus = Zephyranthes
|species = candida
|synonyms = *Amaryllis candida Lindl.
- Amaryllis nivea Schult. & Schult.f.
- Argyropsis candida (Lindl.) M.Roem.
- Atamosco candida (Lindl.) Sasaki
- Plectronema candida (Lindl.) Raf.
- Zephyranthes nivea (Schult. & Schult.f.) D.Dietr.
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Zephyranthes candida, with common names that include autumn zephyrlily,{{PLANTS|id=ZECA|taxon=Zephyranthes candida|access-date=9 August 2015}} white windflower, white rain lily,{{GRIN}} and Peruvian swamp lily,{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/19213/Zephyranthes-candida/Details |title=Royal Horticultural Society: Find a Plant |access-date=20 December 2014}} is a species of rain lily native to South America including Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil. The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental and reportedly naturalized in many places (South Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, central and southern China, Korea, Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands), Bhutan, Solomon Islands, Queensland, Nauru, Tonga, Society Islands, Mariana Islands, southeastern United States (from Texas to North Carolina), the Lesser Antilles, and Peru).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=291809 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Zephyranthes%20candida.png Biota of North American Program]
Description
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Leaves are a deep glossy green and measure 3 mm wide. Flowers, which bud late in August (when propagated in the Northern Hemisphere) at first resemble a new leaf, but emerge from their papery sheaves to a stunning whiteness; they are erect in perianth white and sometimes pinkish abaxially. The leaf-like bract is 1.8 to 4 cm. They grow best in full sun to part shade and require a medium wet soil. Propagation is done by dividing bulbs or offsets and from seed.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/488850#page/2/mode/1up Herbert, William. 1826. Botanical Magazine 53: pl. 2607, Zephyranthes candida ][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/131753#page/107/mode/1up Lindley, John. 1823. Botanical Register 9: pl. 724, Amaryllis candida ]Sasaki, Shun-ichi. 1928. List of Plants of Formosa 112, as Atamosco candida[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7430504#page/356/mode/1up Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Flora Telluriana 4: 10. as Plectronema candida ]
Taxonomy
Zephyranthes candida was first described by John Lindley in 1823 as Amaryllis candida. It was transferred to its current genus in 1826 by William Herbert.{{APNI|id=44569|name=Zephyranthes candida}} Other common names of Zephyranthes candida include August rain lily, white zephyr lily, white fairy lily, white rain lily, and autumn zephyr lily.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
Cultivation
Hardiness: USDA zones 7-10.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}
Chemical constituents
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200028075 Efloras.org]
- [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=74D837DE0DBE28ACD966BE2B72E0EEBF?find_wholeName=Zephyranthes+candida IPNI Listing]
- [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-291809 Kew Plant List]
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