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Zephyranthes smallii (Alexander) Traub. Common name: Small's Rain-Lily. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Low areas. Distribution: Endemic to s. TX (Cameron County), apparently not seen since the 1940s.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: "Correll & Johnston (1970) and Flagg, Smith, & Flory (2002b) postulated a hybrid origin for this species, with Zephyranthes pulchella and Zephyranthes chlorosolen (Cooperia drummondii) the putative parents" (Carr 2016).

Synonymy : = FNA26, K4, POWO; = Cooperia smallii Alexander — NS, Tx; = Hippeastrum smallii (Alexander) Christenh. & Byng — Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018). Basionym: Cooperia smallii Alexander 1939

Links to other floras: = Zephyranthes smallii - FNA26

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