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).
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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).
==Taxonomy== It was published by William Herbert in 1821. The lectotype species Stenomesson flavum was designated by Hamilton Paul Traub in 1963. ===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". ===Species=== , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: 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 korsakoffii (Traub) Meerow – 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 - Peru Stenomesson vitellinum Lindl. - Peru (Lima) Stenomesson weberbaueri (Vargas) Ravenna - Peru (Cajamarca]) Formerly included 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).
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