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''Plagiolirion'' is a genus of
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
n plants in the Amaryllis family.John Gilbert Baker. 1883. Gardeners' Chronicle, new series 2: 38
It contains only one known species, ''Plagiolirion horsmannii'', rare in the wild and for several years thought extinct until rediscovered in the Río Cauca Valley in 1989. It has showy, white flowers.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Tropicos, ''Plagiolirion horsmannii'' Baker
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9060363 Monotypic Amaryllidaceae genera Endemic flora of Colombia Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker