Biology:Hippeastrum papilio

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Hippeastrum papilio
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Scientific classification edit
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[1]
Synonyms

Amaryllis papilio Ravenna[2]

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Butterfly Amaryllis

Hippeastrum papilio is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to southern Brasil.[1]

Description

Colours are variable from white to creamy-green, or dark apple-green with carmine, maroon or purple striations.[3]

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.[1][4] Placed in the epiphytic Omphalissa subgenus.[3][5]

Etymology

papilio: Latin Butterfly[6]

Distribution

Tropical rain forests of the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil. While its natural habitat is shrinking, it is becoming increasingly popular in horticulture.[3]

Ecology

Epiphytic.[3]

Conservation

Considered endangered.[3]

References

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q5898404 entry