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Wurmbea monantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Colchicaceae
Genus:	Wurmbea
Species:	W. monantha
Binomial name
Wurmbea monantha (Endl.) T.D.Macfarl.
Synonyms
Anguillaria monantha Endl.

Wurmbea monantha is a perennial herb that is native to Western Australia. The white to pink flowers are produced between July and September in its native range.

The species was first formally described in 1846 by Austrian botanist Stephen Endlicher in Plantae Preissianae, based on plant material collected from Perth. He gave it the name Anguillaria monantha. The species was transferred to the genus Wurmbea in 1980 by Terry Macfarlane.

The specific epithet, monantha, is a Botanical Latin adjective, monanthus, -a, -um, which describes the plant as being "one-flowered".

References

1. ^ "Wurmbea monantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
2. ^ Kew World Checklist for Selected Plant Families, Wurmbea monantha
3. ^ "Wurmbea monantha". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
4. Stephen Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher. 1846. Plantae Preissianae sive Enumeratio plantarum quas in Australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841; collegit Ludovicus Preiss. Partim ab aliis partim a se ipso determinatas descriptas illustratas edidit Christianus Lehmann, Hamburg 2: 45. Anguillaria monantha
5. Macfarlane, Terry Desmond (1980). "A revision of Wurmbea (Liliaceae) in Australia". Brunonia. 3 (2): 167.
6. Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (4th ed). Timber Press, Oregon. p. 448. ISBN 9780881926279.

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