Zephyranthes × ajax

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Amaryllidoideae
Tribus: Hippeastreae
Subtribus: Hippeastrinae
Genus: Zephyranthes
Nothospecies: Zephyranthes × ajax

Name edit

Zephyranthes ×ajax Spreng., Gartenflora 48: 649. 1899.

Parentage edit

Zephyranthes candida × Zephyranthes citrina

Notes edit

This name is unplaced. Hybrid introduced by Karl Ludwig Sprenger in his nursery list of 1895, when he was a partner in the horticultural house of Dammann & Company of Naples. Prized but not common in horticulture.

References edit

Gartenflora. Monatschrift für deutsche und schweizerische Garten und Blumenkunde Herausgegeben von E. Regel. Erlangen 48:649. 1899
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Zephyranthes × ajax in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Z. ajax.

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