Hippeastrum elegans

Hippeastrum elegans is a species of flowering plant. It is native to Central and South America, from Costa Rica to Brazil.

Hippeastrum elegans
Illustration in Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 11: t. 876. 1825, as Amaryllis solandriflora var. vittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species:
H. elegans
Binomial name
Hippeastrum elegans
(Spreng.) H.E.Moore[1]
Synonyms

Many, including:

  • Amaryllis elegans Spreng., 1815[2]
  • Amaryllis elegans var. albostriata
  • Amaryllis elegans var. ambigua
  • Amaryllis elegans var. ambigua (Hook.) Traub & Moldenke, 1949[3]
  • Amaryllis elegans var. divifrancisci Cárdenas, 1960[4]
  • Amaryllis elegans var. rubrituba (Herb.) Traub, 1958[5]
  • Amaryllis elegans var. striata (Herb.) Traub, 1958[5]
  • Amaryllis elegans var. vittata (Lindl.) Traub, 1958[5]
  • Amaryllis solandriflora var. vittata

See also

References
  1. H.E.Moore, Baileya 11: 16. 1963
  2. Spreng. Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 59 1815
  3. Traub & Moldenke Amaryllis Manual 168 1949
  4. Cárdenas Pl. Life (Stanford) 13: 33 1960
  5. Traub Amaryllis Manual 266 1958


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