''Pamianthe'' is a genus of South American bulbous perennials 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 ...

, subfamily

Amaryllidoideae Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllidaceae ''s.s.'', amaryllids) is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, order Asparagales. The most recent APG classification, APG III, takes a broad view of the Amaryllidaceae, which then ...

. They can be found in sandy, but rocky areas in

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, Ecuador, Peru, and

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.Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis The plants produce

umbels In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin ''umbella'' "p ...

of large, fragrant white flowers in the spring. They resemble

daffodils ''Narcissus'' is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plant, perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil,The word "daffodil" is also applied to related genera such as ''Ste ...

, hence the common name Peruvian daffodil for at least one of the species.

Species

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accepts three species: *'' Pamianthe ecollis'' Silverst., Meerow & Sánchez-Taborda –

( Cauca) * '' Pamianthe parviflora'' Meerow – Ecuador (

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) * '' Pamianthe peruviana'' Stapf (syn. ''Pamianthe cardenasii'') (Peruvian Daffodil) – Peru,

( Cochabamba) ;Formerly included, search for "Pamianthe" see '' Leptochiton'' * ''Pamianthe andreana -

Leptochiton quitoensis ''Leptochiton'' may refer to: * ''Leptochiton'' (chiton), a prehistoric genus of chitons in the family Leptochitonidae * ''Leptochiton'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' * ''Pamianthe quitoensis -

References

Amaryllidaceae genera Amaryllidoideae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Amaryllidaceae-stub