Hymenocallis littoralis----Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 320.jpg
Native to Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into 40 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Nicaragua, Atlantico Sur (Corn Islands)
12.180972, -83.036
Location Remarks
Corn Island, west shore, low beach dunes near Hotel El Paraiso
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Common at brackish swamp margins, leaves and inflorescence erect, bracts green, perianth bright white, filaments and style bright green, fruits green, spongy
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Hymenocallis
Specific Epithet
littoralis
Authorship
(Jacq.) Salisb.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#294,924 of 335,497
Top 88%
Extinction probability
9%
