Pancratium zeylanicum

Taxobox
name = "Pancratium zeylanicum"

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Amaryllidaceae
genus = "Pancratium"
species = "P. zeylanicum"
binomial = "Pancratium zeylanicum"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1753 [ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPublicationSearch.do?back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Bjsessionid%3DA1ECDCE75E8097E6205CF4645FA9BC82%3Ffind_wholeName%3DPancratium%2Bzeylanicum%26output_format%3Dnormal&id=1071-2 IPNI Publication Details] ]
synonym = Rain Flower [ [http://www.rv-orchidworks.com/orchidtalk/eye-candy/5586-pancratium-zeylanicum-texas-sage.html Pancratium zeylanicum and Texas Sage at Land Plants forum] ]

"Pancratium zeylanicum" is a species of the family Amaryllidaceae.

It is a bulbous [ [http://www.kew.org/searchepic/detailquery.do;jsessionid=BAAAAE7A880D2541BD8BE4908A63AB9C?requiredPage=1&scientificName=Pancratium+zeylanicum&datasources=ipni&datasources=mc&datasources=kr&datasources=ebbd&datasources=libcat&datasources=pmb&datasources=herbcat&datasources=ecbot&datasources=livcoll&datasources=sepasal&datasources=efz&datasources=kewweb&categories=names&categories=bibl&categories=colln&categories=taxon&categories=flora&categories=misc&detailDatasource=ecbot Electronic Plant Information Centre] ] perennial herb, which grows in India and on the islands of the Indian Ocean where it is known commonly as "rain flower". It is sometimes grown as a hothouse container plant. It does not have a rest period unless water is withheld. It propagates by producing offsets and seed.

The pollinator is a moth with a very long proboscis.

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