Biology:Urceolina candida
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Short description: Species of plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Urceolina |
| Species: | U. candida
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| Binomial name | |
| Urceolina candida (Planch. & Linden) Traub
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Urceolina candida is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.[1][2] It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru but cultivated as an ornamental in many other regions.[3]
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, and curl backwards to reveal the yellow anthers.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Urceolina candida (Planch. & Linden) Traub". Kew Science. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261572-2.
- ↑ "Urceolina candida (Planch. & Linden) Traub". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7YDPZ.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Eucharis candida
- ↑ Jules Émile Planchon & Jean Jules Linden. 1853. Catalogue des Plantes Exotiques 8: 3.
Wikidata ☰ Q15512888 entry
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