Amaryllidaceae
Eucharis Planch. & Linden
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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Amaryllidaceae Status: Valid
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Herbs to 0.8 m.
Leaves: Leaves linear, very thin, nearly transparent when dry, with conspicuously parallel veins.
Reproductive Morphology
Fruit: Fruit a trivalvate capsule, to 1.5 cm in diameter, orange at maturity.
Infructescence: Infructescence emerging from the subterranean bulb, developing on a long peduncle.
Seeds: Seeds 1-5 per fruit, the endocarp metallic black and fragile.
Other
Distribution: Brazil and Peru.