Urceolina × Grandiflora (Planch
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''Urceolina'' × ''grandiflora'', formerly known as ''Eucharis'' × ''grandiflora'', is a natural hybrid putatively between '' U. moorei'' and '' U. sanderi'' of the
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Amaryllidaceae,
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to western
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and western
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. The aneutriploid species '' U. amazonica'' is often misidentified as ''U.'' × ''grandiflora''. Both of them are sterile plants with large fragrant white flowers, but they differ in leaf length, free filament shape, and staminal cup length: * ''U.'' × ''grandiflora'' has shorter leaf blades (20–33 cm × (10–)13–16 cm), linear or narrowly
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free filaments (1–1.5 mm wide at the base), and staminal cups (5–7 mm long to the apex of teeth) shorter than free filaments (7–8.5(–10) mm long). * ''U. amazonica'' has longer leaf blades ((20–)30–40(–50) cm × (10–)12–18 cm), subulate free filaments (2.8–3.4 mm wide at the base), and staminal cups (11.2–13.8 mm long to the apex of teeth) longer than free filaments (6.5–8(–10) mm long). Eucharis lowii 142-8646.jpg, ''U.'' × ''grandiflora'' has shorter leaf blades, slender free filaments, and staminal cups shorter than free filaments. Eucharis amazonica - illustration.jpg, ''U. amazonica'' has longer leaf blades, flat free filaments, and staminal cups longer than free filaments.


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