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|accepted_name=Hymenocallis latifolia
|accepted_authority=(Miller) M. Roemer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr.
|place=4: 168. 1847
|year=1847
}}
|common_names=Broad-leaf spider-lily;mangrove spider-lily
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pancratium latifolium
|authority=Miller
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hymenocallis caymanensis
|authority=Herb
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hymenocallis collieri
|authority=Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hymenocallis keyensis
|authority=Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hymenocallis kimballiae
|authority=Small
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Hymenocallis;Hymenocallis latifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hymenocallis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hymenocallis latifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 284, 291, 293
|treatment_page=page 292
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Bulb </b>nonrhizomatous, forming numerous bulblets, enlarging with age, 4–8 × 2–5 cm; basal plate 2–4 cm; neck 4–6 cm; tunic grayish brown. <b>Leaves</b> evergreen, numerous, arching outwards, spreading distally, 5–10 dm × 4–9 cm, coriaceous; blade broadly liguliform, gradually tapering proximally, apex subacute to acute. <b>Scape</b> 4–10 dm, slightly compressed, glaucous; scape bracts 2, enclosing buds, 4–7 × 1.5–2.5 cm; subtending floral bracts 4–5 cm × 10–15 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 9–15, opening sequentially, fragrant; perianth tube green, 9–20 cm; tepals extending nearly horizontally, reflexed distally, white, 7.5–13 cm × 4–6 mm; corona white with small green eye, funnelform, 2–3 × 3–4 cm, margins between free portions of filaments wavy, without prominent projections; free portions of filaments inserted on flat base, slightly incurved, green except becoming white near insertion, 4–6 cm; anthers 1.2–2 cm, pollen orange; ovary ovoid, 0.9–1.6 cm × 5–10 mm, ovules 2 per locule; style green in distal 1/2, fading to white proximally, 19–23 cm. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, ca. 3 × 3 cm. <b>Seeds</b> obovoid, 1.8–2.4 × 1.4–1.8 cm. <b>2n</b> = 46, 70.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Coastal dunes, sand ridges, edges of hammocks and flatwoods, mangrove swamps of southern Florida peninsula and keys, rarely disjunct along coastal nw Florida and Gulf coastal states
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.
|discussion=<p>The long perianth tube in <i>Hymenocallis latifolia</i> contrasts sharply with the short, funnelform staminal corona. This species is a yard favorite throughout Florida.</p>
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name=Hymenocallis latifolia
|author=
|authority=(Miller) M. Roemer
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Hymenocallis caymanensis;Hymenocallis collieri;Hymenocallis keyensis;Hymenocallis kimballiae
|basionyms=Pancratium latifolium
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Coastal dunes, sand ridges, edges of hammocks and flatwoods, mangrove swamps of southern Florida peninsula and keys, rarely disjunct along coastal nw Florida and Gulf coastal states
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr.
|publication year=1847
|special status=
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|genus=Hymenocallis
|species=Hymenocallis latifolia
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