Biology:Hippeastrum pardinum
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Hippeastrum pardinum | |
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Hippeastrum pardinum[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
Genus: | Hippeastrum |
Species: | H. pardinum
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Binomial name | |
Hippeastrum pardinum (Hook.f.) Dombrain[2]
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Synonyms | |
Amaryllis pardina Hook.f.[3] |
Hippeastrum pardinum is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, from Peru to Bolivia.[2] Originally collected in 1866 by Richard Pearce, it was used in breeding programmes.[4]
Description
Vermilion spots on a yellowish background, resembling a leopard skin. Short or nearly absent flower tube, floral segments broad, recurved and spreading. Flowers 18 cm in diameter.[4]
Taxonomy
Described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1867 as Amaryllis, but transferred to Hippeastrum by Henry Honywood Dombrain.[2]
Images
Hippeastrum pardinum[1]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Amaryllis pardinia in Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, vol. XVII (1867-1868)
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum pardinum.
- ↑ Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5645 (1867)
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Veitch, James Herbert (2011). Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs James Veitch and Sons. Cambridge University Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-1-108-03736-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=kDE0FjoIR0UC&pg=PA468. In (Veitch 2011)
Sources
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- The Plant List (2012). "Hippeastrum pardinum". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-278237. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- GBIF: Hippeastrum pardinum
- "Hippeastrum pardinum". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name//1200635. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- International Bulb Society: Hippeastrum pardinum (image)
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
- Macbride, J. F. 1936. Amaryllidaceae, Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(1/3): 631–690.
- L'Illustration Horticole. Ghent & Brussels 14:(Misc.) 46. 1867
Wikidata ☰ Q2687660 entry
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