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]
Etymology
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
As of February 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[10]
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Stenomesson aurantiacum (Kunth) Herb. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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Stenomesson breviflorum Herb. - Peru (Junín, Lima)
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Stenomesson campanulatum Alan Meerow - Peru (Cajamarca, La Libertad)
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Stenomesson chilense Ravenna - Chile (Tarapacá)
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Stenomesson chloranthum Meerow & van der Werff - Peru (Amazonas)
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Stenomesson ecuadorense Meerow, Oleas & L.Jost
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Stenomesson flavum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb. - Peru (Cajamarca, Lima, La Libertad, Pasco)
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Stenomesson gasteroides Ravenna- Peru
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Stenomesson leucanthum (Ravenna) Meerow & van der Werff - Peru (Cajamarca, La Libertad)
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Stenomesson miniatum (Herb.) Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca, Apurimac, Cusco), Bolivia (La Paz)
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Stenomesson moldenkei Traub - Peru (Lima)
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Stenomesson parvulum Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca])
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Stenomesson pauciflorum (Lindl. ex Hook.) Herb. - Peru (Lima)
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Stenomesson pearcei Baker - Peru (Junín, Puno, Cusco), Bolivia (La Paz)
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Stenomesson rupense Ravenna - Peru
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Stenomesson tubiflorum (Meerow) Meerow
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Stenomesson vitellinum Lindl. - Peru (Lima)
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Stenomesson weberbaueri (Vargas) Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca])
- Formerly included[2]
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
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^ 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
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^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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^ "Stenomesson". The Plant List. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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^ 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.
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^ Ravenna, P. 1971. Contributions to South American Amaryllidaceae IV. Plant Life 27: 61–89.
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^ 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
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^ 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.
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^ Meerow, Alan W. 2000. Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae based on nrDNA ITS sequences Systematic Botany 25(4):708-726
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^ Weber, O., & Wilkin, P. (2007). 588. STENOMESSON PEARCEI: Amaryllidaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 24(2), 114-120.
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^ "Stenomesson Herb.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-02-09
