Biology:Hippeastrum papilio
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Hippeastrum papilio | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Hippeastrum |
| Species: | H. papilio
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippeastrum papilio (Ravenna) Van Scheepen[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Amaryllis papilio Ravenna[2] | |
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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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum papilio.
- ↑ Pl. Life 26: 83 (1970)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Pacific Bulb Society: Hippeastrum papilio
- ↑ Taxon 46: 18 (1997)
- ↑ "Hippeastrum papilio". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50089109. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ Griffith, Chuck (2005). "Dictionary of Botanical Epithets". http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary/dictionary.34.html. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
Sources
- The Plant List (2012). "Hippeastrum papilio". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-278233. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- GBIF: Hippeastrum papilio
- Pacific Bulb Society: Hippeastrum papilio (image)
- "Hippeastrum papilio". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50089109. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107. 2008 ISSN 2250-6365
- International Bulb Society: Hippeastrum papilio (image)
- Forzza, R. C. et al. 2010 onwards. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil
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