Wurmbea monantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Wurmbea
Species:
W. monantha
Binomial name
Wurmbea monantha
Synonyms[2]

Anguillaria monantha Endl.

Wurmbea monantha is a perennial herb that is native to Western Australia.[2][3] The white to pink flowers are produced between July and September in its native range.[3]

The species was first formally described in 1846 by Austrian botanist Stephen Endlicher in Plantae Preissianae, based on plant material collected from Perth. He gave it the name Anguillaria monantha.[4] The species was transferred to the genus Wurmbea in 1980 by Terry Macfarlane.[1][5]

The specific epithet, monantha, is a Botanical Latin adjective, monanthus, -a, -um, which describes the plant as being "one-flowered".[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Wurmbea monantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist for Selected Plant Families, Wurmbea monantha
  3. 1 2 "Wurmbea monantha". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ↑ Stephen Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher. 1846. Plantae Preissianae sive Enumeratio plantarum quas in Australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841; collegit Ludovicus Preiss. Partim ab aliis partim a se ipso determinatas descriptas illustratas edidit Christianus Lehmann, Hamburg 2: 45. Anguillaria monantha
  5. ↑ Macfarlane, Terry Desmond (1980). "A revision of Wurmbea (Liliaceae) in Australia". Brunonia. 3 (2): 167.
  6. ↑ Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (4th ed). Timber Press, Oregon. p. 448. ISBN 9780881926279.


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