AmaryllidaceaeSubfamily Agapanthoideae
Subfamily Allioideae
Tribe Allieae
Subfamily Allioideae
Tribe Tulbaghieae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Amaryllideae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Cyrtantheae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Galantheae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Haemantheae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Hippeastreae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Hymenocallideae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Lycorideae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Narcisseae
Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
Tribe Stenomesseae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Eucharis candida Planchon & Linden
- 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: 1301 - NEO:Caribbean A
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-03-2012
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Amaryllidaceae
- SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae
- Tribe: Stenomesseae
- SubTribe:
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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