Taxon: Eucharis candida Planch. & Linden

 
Genus: Eucharis
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Stenomesseae
Nomen number: 16112
Place of publication: Cat. pl. exot. 8:3. 1853
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 24-jul-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 22-may-1997
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

Economic Importance:

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

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Southern America
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (n.)


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
  2. Meerow, A. W. 1989. Systematics of the Amazon lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae) Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76:172-174.

Check other web resources for Eucharis candida Planch. & Linden :

  • 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=16112. Accessed 25 mayo 2026.