Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Leucojum L., Sp. Pl. 289 (1753)
Type Taxon:
Leucojum vernum L.
Vernacular Name(s):
Snowflake
 Description

Tufted perennials; bulb tunicate. Scape hollow. Leaves all basal, linear to lorate. Flowers campanulate, nodding, solitary or several in an umbel; tube 0; segments connate at base only; spathe 1–2-valved. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds many.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Leucojum L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.