Zephyranthes puertoricensis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|name=Puerto Rico zephyr lily

|status = G5

|status_system = TNC

|taxon = Zephyranthes puertoricensis

| authority = Traub

|synonyms_ref = {{Cite web |title=Zephyranthes puertoricensis|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=291923 |accessdate=2013-09-19}}

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Zephyranthes puertoricensis, known commonly as the Puerto Rico zephyr lily, is a species of flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It is native to the West Indies, Panama, Colombia, Suriname and Venezuela.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=291923 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] It is a member of low elevation grasslands communitiesLiogier, A. H. and L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: A Systematic Synopsis. La Editorial, UPR. 2000. pg. 258. {{ISBN|9780847703692}} and moist forest habitat.[http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/elyunque/learning/nature-science/?cid=fsbdev3_043050 Puerto Rico Zephyr Lily.] El Yunque National Forest. USDA Forest Service.

The plant grows from a bulb about 1.5 centimeters wide, producing shiny, dark green, linear leaves up to about 35 centimeters long and a scape about 9 to 11 centimeters tall. The greenish white tepals are about 4 centimeters long.Traub, Hamilton Paul. 1951. Plant Life 7: 37, f. 4a. Zephyranthes puertoricensisFernández-Alonso, J. L. and J. P. Groenendijk. (2004). [http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/ficheros/documentos/pdf/pubinv/JLF/AMARZephy-ACA2004.pdf A new species of Zephyranthes Herb. s.l. (Amaryllidaceae, Hippeastreae), with notes on the genus in Colombia.] Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat 28(107), 177-86.