Pancratium sickenbergeri is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[2] It is a Saharo-Arabian plant that grows in deserts, such as the Negev. It is native to Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.[3] The flowers look like the Mediterranean species Pancratium maritimum, but the leaves of P. sickenbergeri are curly and the plant is much smaller. Unusually for the desert, the seeds are distributed by floodwaters when they occur in the winter.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Pancratium |
| Species: | P. sickenbergeri
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References
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- ^ IPNI Publication Details
- ^ "Pancratium sickenbergeri Asch. & Schweinf". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ "Pancratium sickenbergeri Asch. & Schweinf". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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