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''Hymenocallis'' (US) or , p. 76 (UK) is a genus of American plants in the
amaryllis family 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 fami ...
. ''Hymenocallis'' contains more than 60 species of
herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of t ...
bulb In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...
ous perennials native to the southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, the
Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
, and northern South America. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals in warm nations around the globe, and a few have become naturalized in parts of Africa and on various tropical islands. Many of the species from the Caribbean and from the southeastern United States inhabit wet areas such as marshes, streambanks, and seashores. Some species even have floating seeds. Some of the Mexican species, in contrast, grow on grassy slopes in hills and mountains. The flower stalks arise from basal rosettes of strap-shaped leaves. The terminal clusters of fragrant flowers are green, white or yellow, and can be large and spectacular. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ὑμήν (''hymen''), meaning "membrane", and καλός (''kalos''), meaning "beautiful". It refers to the curious shape of the flowers, which consist of six narrow, curved petals attached to a shallow cup that is formed from the fused stamens. The effect is of a spidery daffodil or lily, thus explaining the
common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrast ...
"spider lily".


Taxonomy

The genus ''Hymenocallis'' was created by Richard Anthony Salisbury in 1812, when he separated out a number of species formerly placed in ''
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Hymenocallis littoralis ''Hymenocallis littoralis'' or the beach spider lily is a plant species of the genus ''Hymenocallis'', native to warmer coastal regions of Latin America and widely cultivated and naturalized in many tropical countries. Description ''Hymenocalli ...
''. The main reason for the separation was that the fruits have only two seeds in each
locule A locule (plural locules) or loculus (plural loculi) (meaning "little place" in Latin) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal, plant, or fungus). In angiosperms (flowering plants), the term ''locule'' usu ...
. Salisbury explained the name as referring to the "beautiful membrane which connects the filaments."; se
page 338
in the third edition published in 1820.


Species

, the ''World Checklist of Selected Plant Families'' accepts 65 species:, search for "Hymenocallis" # ''
Hymenocallis acutifolia ''Hymenocallis acutifolia'' is a plant species first described in 1826 with the name ''Hymenocallis littoralis'' var. ''acutifolia''. It is endemic to Mexico, known from the States of Oaxaca, Michoacán, Jalisco, Veracruz, Puebla, and Nayari ...
'' (Herb. ex Sims) Sweet - Mexico # ''
Hymenocallis araniflora ''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, ...
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Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
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Hymenocallis arenicola ''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, ...
'' Northr. - Bahamas, Greater Antilles # ''
Hymenocallis astrostephana ''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, ...
'' T.M.Howard - Guerrero # ''
Hymenocallis azteciana ''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, ...
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Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
, Nayarit, Zacatecas # ''
Hymenocallis baumlii ''Hymenocallis baumlii'' is a species of spider lily named in honor of botanist James Bauml. It is a bulb-forming perennial herb with showy white flowers. The species is known from the Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, Yucatán an ...
'' Ravenna -
Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
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Hymenocallis bolivariana ''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 ...
'' Traub - Monagas in Venezuela # ''
Hymenocallis caribaea ''Hymenocallis caribaea'' is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae with the common names "Caribbean spider-lily" or "variegated spider-lily." It is native to the islands of the Caribbean and to northern South America. It is regarded as native to Puerto ...
'' (L.) Herb. – Caribbean spiderlily - West Indies # ''
Hymenocallis choctawensis ''Hymenocallis choctawensis'' is a plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, with the common names Choctaw spiderlily and Florida panhandle spider-lily. It grows along streambanks and in swamp forests of western Florida, eastern Louisiana, and souther ...
'' Traub – Choctaw spiderlily - Louisiana to
Florida Panhandle The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a Salient (geography), salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia (U. ...
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Hymenocallis choretis ''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, the ...
'' Hemsl. - southern Mexico # ''
Hymenocallis cleo ''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 ...
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Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
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Hymenocallis clivorum ''Hymenocallis clivorum'' is a member of the genus ''Hymenocallis'', of the plant family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora. Description ''Hymenocallis clivorum'' is a perennial herb producing bulbs ...
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Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
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Hymenocallis concinna ''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, the ...
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Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
# '' Hymenocallis cordifolia'' Micheli - Guerrero # '' Hymenocallis coronaria'' (Leconte) Kunth – Cahaba lily - South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama # ''
Hymenocallis crassifolia ''Hymenocallis crassifolia'' Herbert, William. An Appendix: (General index to the Botanical magazine, vol. 43-48 containing a treatise on bulbous roots) 44. 1821. is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae. Common name is coastal Carolina spiderlily. It is ...
'' Herb. - South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida # ''
Hymenocallis durangoensis ''Hymenocallis durangoensis'' Howard, Thaddeus Monroe. Plant Life 34: 65 1978. is a plant species endemic to the Mexican state of Durango. It is a bulb-forming herb In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, ...
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Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...
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Hymenocallis duvalensis ''Hymenocallis duvalensis'' (Dixie spiderlily) is a plant species in the genus ''Hymenocallis'', family Amaryllidaceae. It is a bulb-forming herb with showy white flowers, native to floodplains and streambanks in Florida and Georgia. Taxonomy T ...
'' Traub ex Laferr. – Dixie spiderlily - Georgia, Florida # ''
Hymenocallis eucharidifolia ''Hymenocallis eucharidifolia'' is a rare plant in the plant in the Amaryllidaceae. It is native to rainforests in the Mexican states of Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es ...
'' Baker - Guerrero, Oaxaca # ''
Hymenocallis fragrans ''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, the ...
'' (Salisb.) Salisb. - Jamaica # ''
Hymenocallis franklinensis ''Hymenocallis franklinensis'' (Franklin spiderlily) is a bulb-forming herb in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is endemic to the lower Ochlockonee River system of the Florida panhandle The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest ...
'' Ger.L.Sm. – Franklin spiderlily -
Florida Panhandle The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a Salient (geography), salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia (U. ...
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Hymenocallis gholsonii ''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, the ...
'' G.Lom.Sm. & Garland -
Florida Panhandle The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a Salient (geography), salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia (U. ...
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Hymenocallis glauca ''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, the ...
'' (Zucc.) M.Roem. - central + southern Mexico # '' Hymenocallis godfreyi'' G.L.Sm. & Darst – Godfrey's spiderlily -
Florida Panhandle The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a Salient (geography), salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia (U. ...
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Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...
# '' Hymenocallis guatemalensis'' Traub -
Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
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Hymenocallis guerreroensis ''Hymenocallis guerreroensis'' T.M.Howard is a bulb-forming herb native to the Mexican states of Guerrero and Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 ...
'' T.M.Howard - Guerrero # ''
Hymenocallis harrisiana ''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 ...
'' Herb. - central + southern Mexico # ''
Hymenocallis henryae ''Hymenocallis henryae''Traub, Plant Life 18: 71. 1962. is a rare plant known only from 4 counties in northwestern Florida (Liberty, Gulf, Bay, and Walton). Common names include "green spider-lily" and "Henry’s spider-lily." The plant is a bul ...
'' Traub – Henry's spiderlily -
Florida Panhandle The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a Salient (geography), salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia (U. ...
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Hymenocallis howardii ''Hymenocallis howardii'' is a species of spider-lily, native to southwestern Mexico. It is known from the states of Nayarit, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, and Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Fre ...
'' Bauml - western Mexico # ''
Hymenocallis imperialis ''Hymenocallis imperialis'', common name Big Fatty, is a plant species native to the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis ...
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San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...
, Hidalgo # ''
Hymenocallis incaica ''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, the ...
'' Ravenna - Peru # ''
Hymenocallis jaliscensis ''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, the ...
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Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
, Nayarit # ''
Hymenocallis latifolia ''Hymenocallis latifolia'' (mangrove spider-lily or perfumed spider-lily) is a bulb-forming perennial that grows on beaches, sand dunes, mangrove swamps and other wetlands along the coasts of Florida, Mexico, and the West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, P ...
'' (Mill.) M.Roem. – perfumed spiderlily - West Indies, Florida # ''
Hymenocallis leavenworthii ''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, the ...
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Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...
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Hymenocallis lehmilleri ''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, the ...
'' T.M.Howard - Guerrero # ''
Hymenocallis limaensis ''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, the ...
'' Traub - Lima Province in Peru # ''
Hymenocallis liriosme ''Hymenocallis liriosme'' is a North American bulb-forming herb native to Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United ...
'' (Raf.) Shinners – Texan spiderlily (yellow center) - south-central United States # ''
Hymenocallis littoralis ''Hymenocallis littoralis'' or the beach spider lily is a plant species of the genus ''Hymenocallis'', native to warmer coastal regions of Latin America and widely cultivated and naturalized in many tropical countries. Description ''Hymenocalli ...
'' (Jacq.) Salisb. - Mexico, Central America, northern South America # ''
Hymenocallis lobata ''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, the ...
'' Klotzsch - Venezuela # ''
Hymenocallis longibracteata ''Hymenocallis longibracteata'' Hochr.Hochreutiner, B.P.G. 1910. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 6: 265 is a bulb-forming perennial native to the State of Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially ...
'' Hochr. - Veracruz # ''
Hymenocallis maximilianii ''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, the ...
'' T.M.Howard - Guerrero # ''
Hymenocallis multiflora ''Hymenocallis multiflora'' is a bulb-forming herb in the family Amaryllidaceae and native to Peru. Each individual has an umbel In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spre ...
'' Vargas - Peru # ''
Hymenocallis occidentalis ''Hymenocallis occidentalis'' is a plant species native to the southern United States. It is known along the Gulf Coast from South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Ca ...
'' (Leconte) Kunth - southeastern + south-central United States # ''
Hymenocallis ornata ''Hymenocallis ornata'' is a bulb-forming herb native to Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Me ...
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Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
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Hymenocallis ovata ''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 ...
'' (Mill.) M.Roem. - Cuba # ''
Hymenocallis palmeri ''Hymenocallis palmeri'' is a plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.Florida # ''
Hymenocallis partita ''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 ...
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Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
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Hymenocallis phalangidis ''Hymenocallis phalangidis'' is a species of spider lily Spider lily is the common name for a number of different plant species within the family Amaryllidaceae which belong to the following genera: * ''Crinum'', a genus of about 180 species o ...
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Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
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Hymenocallis portamonetensis ''Hymenocallis portamonetensis'' is a bulb-forming herb in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to the State of Chiapas in southern Mexico.Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florístic ...
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Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
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Hymenocallis praticola ''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 ...
'' Britton & P.Wilson - Cuba # ''
Hymenocallis proterantha ''Hymenocallis proterantha'' is a species of spider lily known only from Mexico (States of Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocam ...
'' Bauml - southern Mexico # '' Hymenocallis pumila'' Bauml -
Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
, Colima # ''
Hymenocallis puntagordensis ''Hymenocallis puntagordensis'' the smallcup spiderlily or Punta Gorda spiderlily, is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae. It is a rare and little known endemic known only from the vicinity of Punta Gorda, in Charlotte County, Florida. This is on the ...
'' Traub – Punta Gordo spiderlily - southern Florida # ''
Hymenocallis pygmaea ''Hymenocallis pygmaea'' Traub is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae found in the wild only in North Carolina and South Carolina. Common name is dwarf spider-lily, and it is cultivated as an ornamental in some regions.Traub, Hamilton Paul Traub. Plant ...
'' Traub - North Carolina, South Carolina # ''
Hymenocallis rotata ''Hymenocallis rotata'', the streambank spiderlily, is a plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, endemic to the north-central portions of the US state of Florida. It is found along the banks of spring-fed streams in the region. The species is a pere ...
'' (Ker Gawl.) Herb. – streambank spiderlily - northern Florida # †''
Hymenocallis schizostephana ''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, the ...
'' Worsley - Brazil but extinct # ''
Hymenocallis sonorensis ''Hymenocallis sonorensis'' is a species of plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, known from several locations in the southern part of the Mexican State of Sonora, as well as the neighboring States of Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado L ...
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Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
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Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
, Nayarit # ''
Hymenocallis speciosa ''Hymenocallis speciosa'', the green-tinge spiderlily, is a species of the genus ''Hymenocallis'' that is native to the Windward Islands in the eastern Caribbean. It is cultivated as an ornamental in some areas, and reportedly naturalized in Cuba ...
'' (L.f. ex Salisb.) Salisb. – green-tinge spiderlily - Windward Islands # ''
Hymenocallis tridentata ''Hymenocallis tridentata'', the Florida spider-lily, is a bulb-forming herb native to southern Florida, to about as far north as Vero Beach. The species grows in marshes and wet prairies very close to sea level. It is similar to '' H. rotata' ...
'' Small - Florida # ''
Hymenocallis tubiflora ''Hymenocallis tubiflora'' is a plant species from Trinidad and northern South America. It is reported from Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil. The name was originally coined in 1812,Salisbury, Richard Antho ...
'' Salisb. - Trinidad, Venezuela,
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Cultivation

Most ''Hymenocallis'' must be grown in a warm greenhouse or in a sheltered sunny spot where the ground does not freeze. The North American species ''H. occidentalis'' is found as far north as southwestern Indiana where winters can reach . They like good drainage and grow well in a soil rich with organic matter. The following species and hybrids are found in cultivation:-


See also

* List of plants known as lily


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1368946 Amaryllidaceae genera Taxa named by Richard Anthony Salisbury