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Hippeastrum reginae

Hippeastrum reginae
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Amaryllis reginae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species: H. reginae
Binomial name
Hippeastrum reginae
(L.) Herb.
Synonyms
  • Amaryllis reginae L.
  • Aschamia reginae (L.) Salisb.

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

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.



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