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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Ammocharis Herb.

This genus name was first published in Appendix : 17 (1821)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000001617.

Literature

Milne-Redhead, E., & Schweickerdt, H. G. (1939). A new conception of the genus Ammocharis Herb. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany, 52(342), 159–197. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1939.tb01601.x

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Synonyms of Ammocharis

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Cybistetes	Milne-Redhead & Schweickerdt	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 189. 1939.	wfo-4000010228
Palinetes	Salisb.	Gen. Pl. 116. 1866.	wfo-4000027787
Stenolirion	Baker	Hooker's Icon. Pl. 2493. 1896.	wfo-4000036511

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Ammocharis:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Ammocharis hardyi	(Lehmiller) Z.H.Feng	Phytoneuron 2024-85: 5 (2024)		wfo-1000077399
Ammocharis longifolia	M.Roem.	Amaryllidaceae 62 ()		wfo-1000081074