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).[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Stenomesson
Stenomesson miniatum[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Eucharideae
Genus: Stenomesson
Herb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Chrysiphiala Ker Gawl.
  • Pentlandia Herb.
  • Pucara Ravenna
  • Sphaerotele C.Presl

Etymology edit

The generic name Stenomesson references the floral morphology. It is composed of the Greek words stenos, meaning narrow, and meso, meaning "in the middle".[9]

Species edit

As of August 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]

Formerly included[11]

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 edit

  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. ^ a b "Stenomesson Herb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  3. ^ "Stenomesson". The Plant List. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Ravenna, P. 1971. Contributions to South American Amaryllidaceae IV. Plant Life 27: 61–89.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Meerow, Alan W. 2000. Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae based on nrDNA ITS sequences Systematic Botany 25(4):708-726
  9. ^ Weber, O., & Wilkin, P. (2007). 588. STENOMESSON PEARCEI: Amaryllidaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 24(2), 114-120.
  10. ^ Meerow, Alan W.; Gardner, Elliot M.; Nakamura, Kyoko (2020). "Phylogenomics of the Andean Tetraploid Clade of the American Amaryllidaceae (Subfamily Amaryllidoideae): Unlocking a Polyploid Generic Radiation Abetted by Continental Geodynamics". Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 582422. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.582422. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 7674842. PMID 33250911.
  11. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families