Hippeastrum correiense

Hippeastrum correiense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Genus:	Hippeastrum
Species:	H. correiense
Binomial name
Hippeastrum correiense (Bury) Worsley[1]
Synonyms
Amaryllis correiensis Bury[2]

Hippeastrum correiense is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the Amaryllidaceae family, native to Brazil.^[1]

Description

Large bulbs and trumpet shaped flowers.^[3]

Hippeastrum correiense in Amaryllidaceae family

Taxonomy

Described under its current name by Arthington Worsley in The Gardeners' Chronicle (ser. 3, 85: 377) in 1929.^[1][4]

Synonyms:

• Amaryllis correiensis Bury, Select. Hexandr. Pl.: 9 (1832). (Basionym)
• Amaryllis aulica var. glaucophylla Hook., Bot. Mag. 57: t. 2983 (1830).
• Hippeastrum aulicum var. glaucophyllum (Hook.) Herb., Amaryllidaceae: 136 (1837).
• Hippeastrum organense Herb., Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3803 (1840).
• Hippeastrum organense var. compressum Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 39 (1842).
• Amaryllis gardneri Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius et auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 149 (1847).
• Hippeastrum gardneri (Seub.) Hoehne, Araucarilandia: 30 (1930).
• Amaryllis organensis (Herb.) Traub et Uphof, Herbertia 5: 129 (1938).
• Amaryllis organensis var. compressa (Herb.) Traub, Pl. Life 7: 35 (1951).^[5]

References

Sources

• The Plant List (2012). "Hippeastrum correiense". Retrieved 20 March 2014. 
• GBIF: Hippeastrum correiense
• List of Species of the Brazilian Flora. Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden (Search for Hippeastrum correiense)

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