''Hymenocallis duvalensis'' (Dixie spiderlily) is a plant species in the genus ''

Hymenocallis ''Hymenocallis'' (US) or , p. 76 (UK) is a genus of American plants in the amaryllis family. ''Hymenocallis'' contains more than 60 species of herbaceous bulbous perennials native to the southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, th ...

'', family

Amaryllidaceae The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fa ...

. It is a bulb-forming herb with showy white flowers, native to floodplains and streambanks in

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

and Georgia.

Taxonomy

The species was first named in 1967 by

Hamilton Paul Traub Hamilton Paul Traub (June 18, 1890 – July 14, 1983) was an American botanist. He specialized in the study of Amaryllidaceae. He also did horticultural studies on beans. dr Traub was one of the founding members of the American Amaryllis Society (n ...

. The name was invalid according to Article 8.1 of the then International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, since Traub listed two specimens as the

holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several ...

. The name was validated by Joseph E. Laferrière in 1996.Laferriere, Herbertia 51:17-18. 1996.

References

External links

International Bulb Society
* ttp://fezzgator.deviantart.com/art/Hymenocallis-duvalensis-Whitesands-Spiderlily-370674236 Fezzgator Deviant Art, ''Hymenocallis duvalensis'', Whitesands-Spiderlily {{Taxonbar, from=Q15518985 duvalensis Flora of Florida Flora of Georgia (U.S. state) Plants described in 1967