Biology:Hippeastrum leopoldii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Hippeastrum leopoldii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species:
H. leopoldii
Binomial name
Hippeastrum leopoldii
T.Moore[1]
Synonyms

Amaryllis leopoldii
H.J.Veitch ex T.Moore[2]
Amaryllis leopoldii f. whitakeri
Cárdenas[3]

Hippeastrum leopoldii is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, distributed from Peru to Bolivia.[1]

Taxonomy

Described by Thomas Moore in 1870.[1]

Etymology

Named in honour of King Leopold II of Belgium, upon his visit to the Royal Horticultural Society exhibition in South Kensington in 1870 .[4]

Cultivation

H. leopoldii has played an important part in Hippeastrum breeding programmes, resulting in the so-called Leopoldii hybrids, the most important of which was 'John Heal'.[4]

References

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q15518043 entry