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Hippeastrum psittacinum
Hippeastrum psittacinum by Priscilla Susan Falkner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species:
H. psittacinum
Binomial name
Hippeastrum psittacinum
Synonyms

Amaryllis psittacina
Ker Gawl.[2] Basionym
Trisacarpis psittacina
(Ker Gawl.) Raf. [3]
Aschamia psittacina
(Ker Gawl.) Salisb.[4]

Amaryllis psittacina. Botanical Register[5]

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

Description

Leaves, up to 8, strap like, length 45cm. height 60 cm. Flowers, four trumpet shaped. Tubes short, green-whote with spreading lobes, crimson stripes, and wavy crimson margins. [6]

Taxonomy

Described by John Bellenden Ker Gawler in 1817 as Amaryllis, but transferred to Hippeastrum by William Herbert in 1821.[1].

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Amaryllis illustris Vell., Fl. Flumin. 3: 131 (1829).
  • Leopoldia illustris (Vell.) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 130 (1847).
  • Hippeastrum decoratum Lem., Jard. Fleur. 4: t. 338 (1854).
  • Amaryllis psittacina var. decorata (Lem.) Traub & Uphof, Herbertia 6: 154 (1940).
  • Hippeastrum illustre (Vell.) Dutilh, Taxon 46: 17 (1997).

Etymology

psittacinum: Latin like a parrot

References

  1. ^ a b c Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum psittacinum.
  2. ^ Bot. Reg. 3: t. 199 (1817)
  3. ^ Fl. Tellur. 4: 11 (1838)
  4. ^ Gen. Pl.: 134 (1866), nom. inval.
  5. ^ Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 3: t. 199. 1817
  6. ^ Colin Mills. Hippeastrum psittacinum, Hortus Camdenensis May 09, 2009

Sources

  • The Plant List (2012). "Hippeastrum psittacinum". Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  • GBIF: Hippeastrum psittacinum
  • Pacific Bulb Society: Hippeastrum psittacinum
  • "Hippeastrum psittacinum". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  • Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107. 2008 ISSN: 2250-6365
  • International Bulb Society: Hippeastrum psittacinum (image)
  • Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil



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