Biology:Hippeastrum ferreyrae

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Hippeastrum ferreyrae
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species:
H. ferreyrae
Binomial name
Hippeastrum ferreyrae
(Traub) Gereau & Brako[1]
Synonyms

Amaryllis ferreyrae Traub[2]

Hippeastrum ferreyrae is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Peru.[1]

Description

Hippeastrum ferreyrae is considered an endangered species according to the IUCN (1997).[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first described and named by Hamilton Paul Traub in 1950 as Amaryllis ferreyrae. It was transferred to the genus Hippeastrum by Roy Emile Gereau and Lois Brako in 1993.[1]

References

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q15518115 entry