''Hymenocallis puntagordensis'' the smallcup spiderlily or Punta Gorda spiderlily, is a plant in the

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 rare and little known

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

known only from the vicinity of Punta Gorda, in Charlotte County,

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 ...

.Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
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Gulf A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodie ...

coast just north of Fort Myers.Flora of North America vol 26, p 291
Traub, Plant Life 18:71. 1962 The species is listed as "critically imperiled." ''Hymenocallis puntagordensis'' is a bulb-forming perennial found on roadsides and in disturbed pine woodlands. It is similar to ''H. latifolia'', differing in having narrower, coriaceous leaves and a staminal corona with prominently lacerate margins.

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 ...

latifolia (Miller) M. Roemer, var. puntagordensis (Traub) D. B. Ward, Phytologia 94: 463. 2012.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15519177 puntagordensis Endemic flora of Florida Plants described in 1962 Flora without expected TNC conservation status