Zephyranthes minuta

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Family:AMARYLLIDACEAE
Species:Zephyranthes minuta (Kunth) D. Dietr.
Common Name:Rose Pink Zephyr Lily; Pink Rain Lily
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Pink Rain Lily is an introduced herbaceous perennial from a bulb in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). It is native to Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. It has been widely planted around the world as an ornamental. It Alabama it can be found in the southern third of the state. Pink Rain Lily occurs around old home sites, on roadsides, in cemeteries, and in lawns. It is a perennial from an oval bulb. The flowers appear in summer, usually after a heavy rain. The leaves are linear, glabrous, and shiny green in color. Flowers are solitary on an erect, hollow scape 8-12 inches in length. The scape is green or reddish in color and glabrous. The corolla is pink in color and funnelform. Each flower has 6 (rarely more) pink tepals and 6 stamens with yellow anthers. The stigma is 3 branched. The fruit is a capsule with numerous flat, papery black seed. The genus name comes from the Greek words zephyros meaning the west wind, which was associated with rain. The members of this genus are commonly called rain lilies since they often flower following heavy rains. Pink Rain Lily is commonly available from nurseries that sell bulbs. It prefers a moist soil in full sun. Plants can be divided as the bulbs multiply, or it can be grown from seed.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:Often treated as Zephyranthes grandiflora Lindley. Lindley erroneously constructed that name in Zephyranthes when transferring Amaryllis minuta Kunth 1815[1816] into Zephyranthes. He did this even though no previous "minuta" was blocking the usage of that epithet in Zephyranthes. Because of this, Lindley's combination is superfluous thus illegitimate.
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyAMARYLLIDACEAE - Amaryllis family
Genus Zephyranthes
Species Zephyranthes minuta (Kunth) D. Dietr. - Rose Pink Zephyr Lily; Pink Rain Lily

Citation

Citation Zephyranthes minuta (Kunth) D. Dietrich, Syn. Pl. 2: 1176. 1840.
Basionym: Amaryllis minuta Kunth 1816.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Atamosco carinata Atamosco carinata (Herbert) P. Wilson, in Britton & P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 159. 1924.Zephyranthes carinata Herbert 1825. 
Pogonema carinata Pogonema carinata (Herbert) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 10. 1838 ("1836").Zephyranthes carinata Herbert 1825. 
Zephyranthes carinata Zephyranthes carinata Herbert, Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2594. 1825. Without data, Cult. in England? (holotype: Herbert, Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2594. 1825).
Zephyranthes grandiflora Zephyranthes grandiflora Lindley, Bot. Reg. 11: pl. 902. 1825. MEXICO: Cult. in England? (holotype: Lindley, Bot. Reg. 11: pl. 902. 1825).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Mobile

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Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, JSU, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000001031 Mobile 03 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39627		 USAM
Zephyranthes grandiflora Lindley
UWAL0033754 Mobile 07 Jun 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2569		 UWAL
Zephyranthes grandiflora Lindley
JSU109920 Mobile 03 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39627		 JSU
Zephyranthes grandiflora Lindley
ALNHS00006857 Mobile 19 Aug 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5224		 ALNHS
Zephyranthes minuta (Kunth.) D. Dietr.
AMAL00019592 Mobile 13 Jun 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1794		 AMAL
Zephyranthes grandiflora Lindley
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