AmaryllidaceaeSubfamily
Tribe Amaryllideae
Subfamily
Tribe Cyrtantheae
Subfamily
Tribe Eucharidae
Subfamily
Tribe Eustephieae
Subfamily
Tribe Haemantheae
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Tribe Hippeastreae
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Tribe Hymenocallideae
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Tribe Lycoridae
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Tribe Narcisseae
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Tribe Zephyrantheae
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Eucharis candida Planchon & Linden
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- Common Name: cebolleta
- Family: Amaryllidaceae J. St-Hil.
- Country of Origin: Ecuador, occasional in north Peru & se Colombia
- Habitat: understory of primary rainforest, particularly the Rio Napo valley
- Uses: Used by the Jivaro indians of Peru for treating facial blemishes and acne. Indian women of the Pastaza valley in Ecuador reportedly collect the plants in flower for undisclosed reasons.
- Culture: warm temps, no dormant period resent root disturbance prone to mealybug & two spotted mite.
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   Accession Data:- Accession # 198500268
- Source:
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1103 - 1100 - W Bench
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-04-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Amaryllidaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe: Eucharidae
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References:Syst ematics of the Amazon Lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae), by Alan W. Meerow Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden © 1989 Missouri Botanical Garden Press (JSTOR archive - subscription required)
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