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Hippeastrum papilio

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Species of flowering plant

Hippeastrum papilio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species: H. papilio
Binomial name
Hippeastrum papilio
(Ravenna) Van Scheepen
Synonyms

Amaryllis papilio Ravenna

Butterfly Amaryllis

Hippeastrum papilio is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to southern Brazil.

Description

Colours are variable from white to creamy-green, or dark apple-green with carmine, maroon or purple striations.

Taxonomy

Collected in the 1960s, it was originally described by Pierfelice Ravenna in 1970 as a species of Amaryllis, it was transferred to Hippeastrum by Johan Van Scheepen in 1997. Placed in the epiphytic Omphalissa subgenus.

Etymology

papilio: Latin Butterfly

Distribution

Tropical rain forests of the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil. While its natural habitat is shrinking, it is becoming increasingly popular in horticulture.

Ecology

Epiphytic.

Conservation

Considered endangered.

References

  1. ^ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum papilio.
  2. Pl. Life 26: 83 (1970)
  3. ^ Pacific Bulb Society: Hippeastrum papilio
  4. Taxon 46: 18 (1997)
  5. "Hippeastrum papilio". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  6. Griffith, Chuck (2005). "Dictionary of Botanical Epithets". Retrieved 2 April 2014.

Sources

Taxon identifiers
Hippeastrum papilio
Amaryllis papilio


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