Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Zephyranthes citrina
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Zephyranthes citrina, is a species of bulbous plant belong to the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Mexico.
Remove ads
Description

It is a bulbous plant with green leaves dull 4 mm wide. The upright flowers with lemon yellow color, funnel-shaped from 3.1 to 5 cm, green tube. The number chromosome is 2n = 48. It grows luxuriantly in natural grasslands and gardens in the month of July after rain. On blooming, it makes the gardens yellowish in waterlogged plains of Punjab. Commonly, it is known as the citron zephyrlily[2] or yellow rain lily.
Remove ads
Taxonomy
Zephyranthes citrina was described by Baker and published in Botanical Magazine 108: pl. 6605, in 1882. (February 1, 1882)

Chemical Constituent
It contains Lycorine, Lycorenine, Galanthine, Haemanthamine, Oxomaritidine, Maritidine, Hemanthamine, Haemanthidine, Vittatine, Galanthine, Narcissidine.[3]
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads