Ismene (plant)

Taxobox
name = "Ismene"


image_width = 210px
image_caption = "Ismene narcissiflora"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Liliaceae
genus = "Ismene"

"Ismene", or Peruvian daffodil, is a genus of tender perennial bulbs bearing a strong resemblance to "Hymenocallis", a genus into which "Ismene" had often been grouped in the past. However, its morphology differs from "Hymenocallis" in several significant ways: its vegetation, natural range, and chromosome number are all distinct (Howard 98).

Native to Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, "Ismene" can be difficult to grow in the United States.

References

Howard, Thad M. "Bulbs for Warm Climates". Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2001, pp 98-99.

External links

[http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Ismene/Ismenelist.shtml] International Bulb Society's gallery of photographs