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|accepted_name=Zephyranthes candida
|accepted_authority=(Lindley) Herbert
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Mag.
|place=53: plate 2607. 1826
|year=1826
}}
|common_names=Autumn rain-lily;Peruvian swamp-lily
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Amaryllis candida
|authority=Lindley
|rank=species
|publication_title=Bot. Reg.
|publication_place=9: plate 724. 1823
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Argyropsis candida
|authority=(Lindley) M. Roemer
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Atamosco candida
|authority=(Lindley) Sasaki
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Plectronema candida
|authority=(Lindley) Rafinesque
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Zephyranthes;Zephyranthes candida
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Zephyranthes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Zephyranthes candida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 297, 299, 303
|treatment_page=page 302
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaf </b>blade glossy deep green, to 3 mm wide. <b>Spathe</b> (1.8–)2–4 cm. <b>Flowers</b> erect; perianth white, sometimes pinkish abaxially, subrotate, 3–4.5 cm; perianth tube green, 0.1–0.4 cm, increasing in diam., less than 1/4 times perianth length, 1/5–1/3 times filament length, ca. 1/10 times spathe length; tepals not reflexed; stamens diverging, subequal; filaments filiform, 1–1.4 cm; anthers 5–8 mm; style longer than perianth tube; stigma capitate, usually among or exserted less than 2 mm beyond anthers; pedicel (0.4–)1–2.5 cm, usually shorter than spathe. <b>2n</b> = 38.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–mid fall (Jun–Nov).
|habitat=Sandy humus soil, coastal plains
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;South America (Argentina;Peru;Uruguay).
|discussion=<p>W. Herbert (1837) suggested that <i>Zephyranthes candida</i> might belong in a segregate genus, and within ten years Rafinesque and M. Roemer each separated it from <i>Zephyranthes</i>. Its leaves are about twice as thick as those of other species in the genus, and they persist through winter frosts and snow, a rare, if not unique, characteristic in <i>Zephyranthes</i>. The stigmatic lobes are not globose, as in <i>Z. chlorosolen</i>, but are somewhat erect and might be described as very abbreviated linear lobes; a careful study of fresh stigmas of “capitate” species is in order. Also, the chromosome complement of <i>Z. candida</i> appears to be anomalous within <i>Zephyranthes</i>. The species has been maintained in <i>Zephyranthes</i> for more than a century, but were Herbert, Rafinesque, and Roemer correct after all?</p>
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name=Zephyranthes candida
|authority=(Lindley) Herbert
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Argyropsis candida;Atamosco candida;Plectronema candida
|basionyms=Amaryllis candida
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–mid fall (Jun–Nov).
|habitat=Sandy humus soil, coastal plains
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;South America (Argentina;Peru;Uruguay).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Mag.
|publication year=1826
|special status=
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|genus=Zephyranthes
|species=Zephyranthes candida
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