Plagiolirion

Plagiolirion is a genus of Colombian plants in the Amaryllis family.[2] It contains only one known species, Plagiolirion horsmannii,[2] rare in the wild and for several years thought extinct until rediscovered in the Río Cauca Valley in 1989.[3] It has showy, white flowers.[1][4]

Plagiolirion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Plagiolirion
Baker
Species:
P. horsmannii
Binomial name
Plagiolirion horsmannii
Synonyms[1]
  • Eucharis horsmannii (Baker) Traub
  • Urceolina horsmannii (Baker) Traub

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. John Gilbert Baker. 1883. Gardeners' Chronicle, new series 2: 38.
  3. Alan W. Meerow and Philip Silverstone-Sopkin. 1995. The rediscovery of Plagiolirion horsmannii Baker (Amaryllidaceae) Brittonia 47(4): 426-431
  4. Tropicos, Plagiolirion horsmannii Baker
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