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| Status: | Cultivated and rarely naturalised |
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For descriptions see World Flora Online |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to Mexico, Central America and northern tropical South America. Introduced in Central Africa, India ao. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 170. Geerinck, D. (1973). Amaryllidaceae Flore d' Afrique Centrale Jardin botanique national de Belgique Pages 19 - 20. Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 |