Description
Bulbous herbs.
Inflorescences axillary in few-flowered and contracted cymes, each in 2 spathes.
Flowers actinomorphic, pedicelled, whitish.
Stamens 3, free.
Capsule loculicidal, exsert.
Seeds ellipsoidal to angular.
Distribution
America present, Asia-Tropical
In America 2 spp. and according to GAGNEPAIN () 2 spp. in Indo-China. Introduced in Malesia, and locally naturalized.
