Stenomesson

Stenomesson
	Stenomesson miniatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Tribe:	Stenomesseae
Genus:	Stenomesson; Herb.
Type species
	Stenomesson flavum; (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb.
Synonyms
	Chrysiphiala Ker Gawl. ; Pentlandia Herb. ; Pucara Ravenna ; Sphaerotele C.Presl ;

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).^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Taxonomy

It was published by William Herbert in 1821.^[3] The lectotype species Stenomesson flavum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb. was designated by Hamilton Paul Traub in 1963.^[1]

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".^[10]

Species

As of August 2023^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[3]

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^[11]
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^[12]

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).

Stenomesson acaule - Clinanthus humilis
Stenomesson acutum - Clinanthus incarnatus
Stenomesson callacallense - Clinanthus callacallensis
Stenomesson campodense - Clinanthus campodensis
Stenomesson caracense - Clinanthus caracensis
Stenomesson chihuanhuayu - Clinanthus chihuanhuayu
Stenomesson coccineum - Clinanthus coccineus
Stenomesson croceum - Clinanthus croceus
Stenomesson cuzcoense - Urceolina cuzcoensis
Stenomesson discolor - Clinanthus recurvatus
Stenomesson elwesii - Clinanthus elwesii
Stenomesson ferreyrae - Clinanthus recurvatus
Stenomesson flammidum - Clinanthus flammidus
Stenomesson fulvum - Clinanthus fulvus
Stenomesson glareosum - Clinanthus glareosus
Stenomesson humile - Clinanthus humilis
Stenomesson imasumacc - Clinanthus imasumacc
Stenomesson incarnatum - Clinanthus incarnatus
Stenomesson incarum - Clinanthus incarum
Stenomesson longifolium - Clinanthus recurvatus
Stenomesson luteum - Clinanthus luteus
Stenomesson macleanicum - Clinanthus macleanicus
Stenomesson microstephium - Clinanthus microstephium
Stenomesson mirabile - Clinanthus mirabilis
Stenomesson morrisonii - Ismene morrisonii
Stenomesson obragillensis - Clinanthus recurvatus
Stenomesson recurvatum - Clinanthus recurvatus
Stenomesson rubrum - Clinanthus coccineus
Stenomesson ruizianum - Clinanthus croceus
Stenomesson splendens - Clinanthus incarnatus
Stenomesson stricklandii - Eucrosia stricklandii
Stenomesson sunchubambae - Clinanthus sunchubambae
Stenomesson trichromum - Clinanthus incarnatus
Stenomesson variegatum - Clinanthus variegatus
Stenomesson viridiflorum - Clinanthus viridiflorus

References

^ ^a ^b Stenomesson Herb. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved March 1, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/330467-2
^ 1839 illustration from Edwards's Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 25: t. 68 (1839). As Pentlandia miniata var. sulivanica
^ ^a ^b ^c "Stenomesson Herb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
^ "Stenomesson". The Plant List. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
^ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
^ Ravenna, P. 1971. Contributions to South American Amaryllidaceae IV. Plant Life 27: 61–89.
^ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286
^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.
^ Meerow, Alan W. 2000. Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae based on nrDNA ITS sequences Systematic Botany 25(4):708-726
^ Weber, O., & Wilkin, P. (2007). 588. STENOMESSON PEARCEI: Amaryllidaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 24(2), 114-120.
^ Meerow, Alan W.; Gardner, Elliot M.; Nakamura, Kyoko (2020). "Phylogenomics of the Andean Tetraploid Clade of the American Amaryllidaceae (Subfamily Amaryllidoideae): Unlocking a Polyploid Generic Radiation Abetted by Continental Geodynamics". Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 582422. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.582422. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 7674842. PMID 33250911.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[IPNI-1] Stenomesson Herb. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved March 1, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/330467-2

[2] 1839 illustration from Edwards's Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 25: t. 68 (1839). As Pentlandia miniata var. sulivanica

[POWO_330467-2-3] "Stenomesson Herb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-08-02.

[theplantlist-4] "Stenomesson". The Plant List. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[5] León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.

[6] Ravenna, P. 1971. Contributions to South American Amaryllidaceae IV. Plant Life 27: 61–89.

[7] Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286

[8] Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.

[9] Meerow, Alan W. 2000. Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae based on nrDNA ITS sequences Systematic Botany 25(4):708-726

[Weber_&_Wilkin,_2007-10] Weber, O., & Wilkin, P. (2007). 588. STENOMESSON PEARCEI: Amaryllidaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 24(2), 114-120.

[Meer20-11] Meerow, Alan W.; Gardner, Elliot M.; Nakamura, Kyoko (2020). "Phylogenomics of the Andean Tetraploid Clade of the American Amaryllidaceae (Subfamily Amaryllidoideae): Unlocking a Polyploid Generic Radiation Abetted by Continental Geodynamics". Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 582422. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.582422. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 7674842. PMID 33250911.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

[w-12] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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Stenomesson

Stenomesson miniatum^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Tribe:	Stenomesseae
Genus:	Stenomesson Herb.
Type species
Stenomesson flavum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb.^[1]
Synonyms^[3]
Chrysiphiala Ker Gawl. Pentlandia Herb. Pucara Ravenna Sphaerotele C.Presl