Zephyranthes mesochloaHerb.

WFO wfo-0000752452 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Zephyranthes mesochloa, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. a Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-19 / obs. 189817217
Zephyranthes mesochloa, photographed by Rafael Tosi
fig. b Rafael Tosi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114387421
Zephyranthes mesochloa, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. c Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60043070
Zephyranthes mesochloa, photographed by Matias Cabezas
fig. d Matias Cabezas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61291978
Zephyranthes mesochloa, photographed by demianlescano
fig. e demianlescano, CC0 1.0 / obs. 61273700
Zephyranthes mesochloa, photographed by demianlescano
fig. f demianlescano, CC0 1.0 / obs. 62317014
Zephyranthes mesochloa, photographed by Nicolas Olejnik
fig. g Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1564475
Zephyranthes mesochloa, photographed by Pablo G. Fernández
fig. h Pablo G. Fernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178154372

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Zephyranthes mesochloa is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBrazil SouthBrazil West-CentralParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Zephyranthes mesochloa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Brazil South BZS
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Amaryllis entreriana Hoffmanns.
  • Amaryllis hassleriana Chodat & Lendn.
  • Amaryllis mesochloa (Herb.) Steud.
  • Haylockia mesochloa M.Roem.
  • Mesochloa canaliculata Raf.
  • Zephyranthes acuminata Herb.
  • Zephyranthes bakeriana Morong
  • Zephyranthes entreriana Pax
  • Zephyranthes flavescens Herb.
  • Zephyranthes hassleriana (Chodat & Lendn.) Traub
  • Zephyranthes kurtzii Hunz. & Cocucci
  • Zephyranthes mesochloa f. flavescens Kuntze
  • Zephyranthes mesochloa f. grandiflora Baker
  • Zephyranthes mesochloa f. latifolia Baker
  • Zephyranthes mesochloa f. rosea Kuntze
  • Zephyranthes oxitepala Speg.
  • Zephyranthes stenopetala Baker
  • Zephyranthes timida E.Holmb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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