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).
Taxonomy
It was published by William Herbert in 1821. The lectotype species Stenomesson flavum was designated by Hamilton Paul Traub in 1963.
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".
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
- Stenomesson aurantiacum <small>(Kunth) Herb.</small> - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Stenomesson breviflorum <small>Herb.</small> - Peru (JunÃÂn, Lima)
- Stenomesson campanulatum <small>Alan Meerow</small> - Peru (Cajamarca, La Libertad)
- Stenomesson chilense <small>Ravenna</small> - Chile (Tarapacá)
- Stenomesson chloranthum <small>Meerow & van der Werff</small> - Peru (Amazonas)
- Stenomesson ecuadorense <small>Meerow, Oleas & L.Jost</small>
- Stenomesson flavum <small>(Ruiz & Pav.) Herb.</small> - Peru (Cajamarca, Lima, La Libertad, Pasco)
- Stenomesson gasteroides <small>Ravenna</small> - Peru
- Stenomesson korsakoffii <small>(Traub) Meerow</small> â Peru
- Stenomesson leucanthum <small>(Ravenna) Meerow & van der Werff</small> - Peru (Cajamarca, La Libertad)
- Stenomesson miniatum <small>(Herb.) Ravenna</small> - Peru (Cajamarca, Apurimac, Cusco), Bolivia (La Paz)
- Stenomesson moldenkei <small>Traub</small> - Peru (Lima)
- Stenomesson parvulum <small>Ravenna</small> - Peru (Cajamarca])
- Stenomesson pauciflorum <small>(Lindl. ex Hook.) Herb.</small> - Peru (Lima)
- Stenomesson pearcei <small>Baker</small> - Peru (JunÃÂn, Puno, Cusco), Bolivia (La Paz)
- Stenomesson rupense <small>Ravenna</small> - Peru
- Stenomesson tubiflorum <small>(Meerow) Meerow - Peru</small>
- Stenomesson vitellinum <small>Lindl.</small> - Peru (Lima)
- Stenomesson weberbaueri <small>(Vargas) Ravenna</small> - Peru (Cajamarca])
Formerly included
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).
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