Stenomesson

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Stenomesson
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Stenomesson miniatum [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Stenomesseae
Genus: Stenomesson
Herb.
Type species
Stenomesson flavum
(Ruiz & Pav.) Herb. [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Chrysiphiala Ker Gawl.
  • Pentlandia Herb.
  • Pucara Ravenna
  • Sphaerotele C.Presl

Stenomesson is a genus of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. All the species are native to western South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Chile). [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Taxonomy

It was published by William Herbert in 1821. [3] The lectotype species Stenomesson flavum(Ruiz & Pav.) Herb. was designated by Hamilton Paul Traub in 1963. [2]

Etymology

The generic name Stenomesson references the floral morphology. It is composed of the Greek words stenos, meaning narrow, and meso, meaning "in the middle". [10]

Species

As of August 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [3]

Formerly included [12]

Numerous names have been coined using the name Stenomesson referring to species now regarded as better suited to other genera ( Clinanthus , Eucrosia , Ismene and Urceolina ).

References

  1. ↑ 1839 illustration from Edwards's Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 25: t. 68 (1839). As Pentlandia miniata var. sulivanica
  2. 1 2 Stenomesson Herb. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved March 1, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/330467-2
  3. 1 2 3 "Stenomesson Herb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  4. ↑ "Stenomesson". The Plant List. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. ↑ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
  6. ↑ Ravenna, P. 1971. Contributions to South American Amaryllidaceae IV. Plant Life 27: 61–89.
  7. ↑ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286
  8. ↑ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.
  9. ↑ Meerow, Alan W. 2000. Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae based on nrDNA ITS sequences Systematic Botany 25(4):708-726
  10. ↑ Weber, O., & Wilkin, P. (2007). 588. STENOMESSON PEARCEI: Amaryllidaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 24(2), 114-120.
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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