Characteristics
Monocots
Hymenocallis latifolia (Mill.)M.Roem.
MANGROVE SPIDERLILY; PERFUMED SPIDERLILY
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This species is native and commonly cultivated. Distinctive features include the 7-15 flowers per inflorescence, greenish filaments, and orange pollen. A neotropical species not yet reported for Florida, Hymenocallis littoralis, is common in cultivation outside of Florida; this species has narrower leaves (2-3.8 cm wide) and 4-8 ovules per locule. Comparatively, H. latifolia has leaves 4-10 cm wide and 2 ovules per locule (Sealy 1954; Smith & Garland 2003).
Native
FACW (NWPL)
OBL (DEP)
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ASPARAGALES
Hymenocallis latifolia (Mill.)M.Roem. - MANGROVE SPIDERLILY; PERFUMED SPIDERLILY
Citation
HYMENOCALLIS LATIFOLIA (Miller) M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 168. 1847.
Pancratium latifolium Miller 1768.
JAMAICA: "Ports of St. Christopher and Barbados", s.d., Herb. Sloane IV: 112 (holotype: BM).
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