Encholirium anteroi Braun, Esteves & R.Esteves[as Encholirium anteroi ]Tab. 1: Main differences between Encholirium anteroi and Encholirium josinoi-narcisae
| Encholirium anteroi | Encholirium josinoi-narcisae | |
|---|---|---|
| Plant | before flowering ca. 0.4–0.7 m tall, flowering ca. 2.5 m high; rosette ca. 90 cm in diameter, white cinereous | before flowering ca. 0.5 m tall, flowering ca. 1.8 m high; rosette up to 56 cm in diameter; more greenish, less lepidote |
| Sheath | ca. 4.6 cm long, 6.8 cm wide | ca. 3.8 cm long, 5.6 cm wide |
| Blades | ca. 46 cm long, ca. 7.8 cm wide | 28 cm long, ca. 5.2 cm wide |
| Teeth | ca. 0.8 cm long, covered by white-cinereous scales | ca. 0.5 cm long, naked |
| Scape | mostly shorter than 1 m | ca. 1,1 m long |
| Scape bracts | ca. 29 cm long | ca. 23 cm long |
| Inflorescence | simple or composed simple | simple |
| Pedicel | ca. 4.8 cm long | mostly a bit shorter |
| Floral bracts lower ones | ca. 2.8 cm long, towards apex minute | minute |
| Sepals | connate | free |
| Petals | wide radially opening, recurved | in more tubular position |
| Ovary | ca. 2.4 cm long | ca. 1.9 cm long |
| Style | stigma lobes fringed-papillose | conduplicate spirally |
| Capsules | ca. 2.4 cm long | ca. 3.2 cm long |
Edited from : Braun et al. 2020. (protologue) A New Species in the Genus Encholirium from Central Brazil: Encholirium anteroi .