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Thai Amaryllidaceae
Proiphys
Nomenclature
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Family: Amaryllidaceae
Taxonomy
2. PROIPHYS Herb., Appendix: 42. 1821.
Type: P. amboinensis (L.) Herb.
Cearia Dumort., Comment. Bot.: 65. 1822.
Eurycles Salisb. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J. Roemer & J.A. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7(2): 909. 1830.
Bulbous herbs. Leaves radical, cordate to suborbicular with numerous parallel veins, with distinct petioles. Inflorescences umbellate, many-flowered; spathes 2–4. Flowers pedicellate. Perianth actinomophic, salverform; lobes subequal, erect to patent, elliptic to obovate, apiculate. Stamens inserted in the throat, basally connected by membrane which is deeply bilobed between the filaments and shorter than the tepals; anthers medifixed or versatile, Ovary with 2 ovules per locule; style filiform; stigma entire, small. Fruit dry or slightly fleshy, rupturing irregular. Seeds globose, green.
Three species distributed from Thailand to northern and north-eastern Australia. One species, P. amboinensis is indigenous to Thailand.