Stenomesson

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Tribus: Stenomesseae
Genus: Stenomesson
Sectiones: S. sect. Adnata – S. sect. Stenomesson

Species: S. aurantiacum – S. breviflorum – S. campanulatum – S. chilense – S. chloranthum – S. ecuadorense – S. flavum – S. gasteroides – S. leucanthum – S. miniatum – S. moldenkei – S. parvulum – S. pauciflorum – S. pearcei – S. rupense – S. vitellinum – S. weberbaueri
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Stenomesson in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Mar 23. Reference page.

Name

Stenomesson Herb., Appendix: 40. 1821.
Type species: Stenomesson flavum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb., vide Traub (1963)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Chrysiphiala Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 778. 1824.
Type species: non design.
Pucara Ravenna, Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso 5: 85. 1972.
Type species: Pucara leucantha Ravenna
Sphaerotele C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 119. 1827.
Type species: Sphaerotele peruviana C.Presl

References

Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Stenomesson in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Mar 23. Reference page.
Herbert, W. 1821. An Appendix: [General index to the Botanical magazine, vol. 43-48 containing a treatise on bulbous roots] By William Herbert with plates. London, 40.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Stenomesson. Published online. Accessed: Mar 23 2015.
Traub, H.P. 1963. Gen. Amaryllidaceae 72.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Stenomesson. .

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]
Species

As of February 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[9]

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 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
Stenomesson vitellinum Lindl. - Peru (Lima)
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).

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

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
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"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
"Stenomesson Herb.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-02-09