Taxon: Eucharis amazonica Linden ex Planch.

 
Genus: Eucharis
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Stenomesseae
Nomen number: 16111
Place of publication: J. Gén. Hort. 12: t. 1216-1217. 1857
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 24-jul-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2017
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • Amazon-lily  (Source: Ann Mo BG) - English
  • Eucharist-lily  (Source: Ann Mo BG) - English
  • amangais blanco  (Source: Ann Mo BG) - Spanish
  • amangay  (Source: Ann Mo BG) - Spanish
  • azuzena  (Source: Ann Mo BG) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed14)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Southern America
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru [Huanuco, San Martin]


    Cultivated (widely cult.)

References:

  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
  2. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)

Check other web resources for Eucharis amazonica Linden ex Planch. :

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=16111. Accessed 25 mayo 2026.