Biology:Hippeastrum reginae

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Hippeastrum reginae
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Amaryllis reginae[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species:
H. reginae
Binomial name
Hippeastrum reginae
(L.) Herb.[2]
Synonyms
  • Amaryllis reginae L.[3]
  • Aschamia reginae (L.) Salisb.[4]

Hippeastrum reginae is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil .[2]

Description

Taxonomy

Described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, as Amaryllis reginae, it was the type species for the genus. It was transferred to Hippeastrum by William Herbert.[2]

References

  1. P.J. Redouté. Les liliacées. Paris Chez l'auteur, an 13-(24), 1805-1816 (i.e. 1802-1815)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum reginae.
  3. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 977 (1759)
  4. Gen. Pl.: 134 (1866), nom. inval.

Sources


Wikidata ☰ Q5898409 entry