Pancratium mexicanum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 290. 1753.

"Habitat in Mexico." RCN: 2319.

Lectotype (Sealy in Kew Bull. 9: 217. 1954): [icon] " Pancratium Mexicanum, flore gemello candido " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 299, t. 222, f. 289. 1732.

Current name: Hymenocallis dillenii M. Roem. ( Liliaceae / Amaryllidaceae).