Stenomesson
| Stenomesson | |
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| Stenomesson miniatum[2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Tribe: | Stenomesseae |
| Genus: | Stenomesson Herb. |
| Type species | |
| Stenomesson flavum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb.[1]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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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).[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Taxonomy
[edit]It was published by William Herbert in 1821.[3] The lectotype species Stenomesson flavum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb. was designated by Hamilton Paul Traub in 1963.[1]
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".[10]
Species
[edit]As of August 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]
- Stenomesson aurantiacum (Kunth) Herb. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Stenomesson breviflorum Herb. - Peru (Junín, Lima)
- Stenomesson campanulatum Alan Meerow - Peru (Cajamarca, La Libertad)
- Stenomesson chilense Ravenna - Chile (Tarapacá)
- Stenomesson chloranthum Meerow & van der Werff - Peru (Amazonas)
- Stenomesson ecuadorense Meerow, Oleas & L.Jost
- Stenomesson flavum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb. - Peru (Cajamarca, Lima, La Libertad, Pasco)
- Stenomesson gasteroides Ravenna - Peru
- Stenomesson korsakoffii (Traub) Meerow – Peru[11]
- Stenomesson leucanthum (Ravenna) Meerow & van der Werff - Peru (Cajamarca, La Libertad)
- Stenomesson miniatum (Herb.) Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca, Apurimac, Cusco), Bolivia (La Paz)
- Stenomesson moldenkei Traub - Peru (Lima)
- Stenomesson parvulum Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca])
- Stenomesson pauciflorum (Lindl. ex Hook.) Herb. - Peru (Lima)
- Stenomesson pearcei Baker - Peru (Junín, Puno, Cusco), Bolivia (La Paz)
- Stenomesson rupense Ravenna - Peru
- Stenomesson tubiflorum (Meerow) Meerow - Peru
- Stenomesson vitellinum Lindl. - Peru (Lima)
- Stenomesson weberbaueri (Vargas) Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca])
- Formerly included[12]
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).
- Stenomesson acaule - Clinanthus humilis
- Stenomesson acutum - Clinanthus incarnatus
- Stenomesson callacallense - Clinanthus callacallensis
- Stenomesson campodense - Clinanthus campodensis
- Stenomesson caracense - Clinanthus caracensis
- Stenomesson chihuanhuayu - Clinanthus chihuanhuayu
- Stenomesson coccineum - Clinanthus coccineus
- Stenomesson croceum - Clinanthus croceus
- Stenomesson cuzcoense - Urceolina cuzcoensis
- Stenomesson discolor - Clinanthus recurvatus
- Stenomesson elwesii - Clinanthus elwesii
- Stenomesson ferreyrae - Clinanthus recurvatus
- Stenomesson flammidum - Clinanthus flammidus
- Stenomesson fulvum - Clinanthus fulvus
- Stenomesson glareosum - Clinanthus glareosus
- Stenomesson humile - Clinanthus humilis
- Stenomesson imasumacc - Clinanthus imasumacc
- Stenomesson incarnatum - Clinanthus incarnatus
- Stenomesson incarum - Clinanthus incarum
- Stenomesson longifolium - Clinanthus recurvatus
- Stenomesson luteum - Clinanthus luteus
- Stenomesson macleanicum - Clinanthus macleanicus
- Stenomesson microstephium - Clinanthus microstephium
- Stenomesson mirabile - Clinanthus mirabilis
- Stenomesson morrisonii - Ismene morrisonii
- Stenomesson obragillensis - Clinanthus recurvatus
- Stenomesson recurvatum - Clinanthus recurvatus
- Stenomesson rubrum - Clinanthus coccineus
- Stenomesson ruizianum - Clinanthus croceus
- Stenomesson splendens - Clinanthus incarnatus
- Stenomesson stricklandii - Eucrosia stricklandii
- Stenomesson sunchubambae - Clinanthus sunchubambae
- Stenomesson trichromum - Clinanthus incarnatus
- Stenomesson variegatum - Clinanthus variegatus
- Stenomesson viridiflorum - Clinanthus viridiflorus
References
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- ^ a b Stenomesson Herb. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved March 1, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/330467-2
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c "Stenomesson Herb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "Stenomesson". The Plant List. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ravenna, P. 1971. Contributions to South American Amaryllidaceae IV. Plant Life 27: 61–89.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Meerow, Alan W. 2000. Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae based on nrDNA ITS sequences Systematic Botany 25(4):708-726
- ^ Weber, O., & Wilkin, P. (2007). 588. STENOMESSON PEARCEI: Amaryllidaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 24(2), 114-120.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families