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Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb.

Lily, spider Lily

It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses (POWO, 2022)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Asparagales

Family
Amaryllidaceae

Genus
Hymenocallis

Species
littoralis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Hymenocallis pedalis Herb., H. senegambica Kunth & C.D. Bouché fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1886

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Its native range is Mexico to N. Peru and Brazil (POWO,2022).

References

Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).

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"Galapagos Species Database, Hymenocallis littoralis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17873. Accessed 14 May 2026.