Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Amaryllis
Description
Family Amaryllidaceae
Herbs perennial
, rarely shrubby or treelike, often with bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers. Leaves basal or cauline, often narrow, margin
entire or spiny
. Inflorescence a terminal
spike, umbel, raceme
, panicle, or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual
, actinomorphic
or zygomorphic, usually subtended by 1 to several spathaceous
involucres. Perianth segments 6, in 2 whorls, free
or connate
to form a short tube
, with or without a corona
. Stamens 6, inserted
at perianth throat or at base
of segments; filaments
sometimes basally connate; anther
dorsifixed
or basifixed
, mostly introrse
. Ovary inferior, 3-loculed; ovules few to many per locule; placentation axile
. Style slender; stigma capitate or 3-lobed. Fruit a capsule, usually loculicidal, sometimes dehiscing irregularly, rarely a berry. Seeds with endosperm.
More than 100 genera and 1200 species: tropical
, subtropical
, and temperate regions
worldwide; ten genera and 34 species (14 endemic, four introduced
) in China.[1]
Genus Hippeastrum
Herbs, perennial
, scapose
, glabrous
, from globose
bulbs. Leaves few, basal; blade
liguliform, fleshy
, parallel-veined
, margins
entire, apex tapering. Scape hollow. Inflorescences umbellate
, bracteate
; bracts 2, scarious
. Flowers spreading
to slightly drooping
, syntepalous
; perianth connate
proximally, funnelform
to campanulate
, with minute corona
reduced to small crown inserted
on throat
of tube
; tepals 6 in 2 whorls of 3, outer slightly shorter than inner; stamens inserted on perianth tube, declinate
, subequal
; filaments
slender; ovary inferior, ellipsoid
; style slender, ca.
equaling tepals; stigma capitate or slightly 3-lobed. Fruits capsular
, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds few to many.
Species ca. 75: c America, West Indies, South America, w Africa.[2]
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: June, September. • Flower Color: mauve , rose
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 3-6" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Liliidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lilianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Amaryllidaceae
()
- Jaume Saint-Hilaire, 1805, nom. cons.
- Amaryllis Family
- Tribe:
Hippeastreae
()
- Genus:
Hippeastrum
()
- Herbert, 1821, nom. cons.
- Barbados-lily, naked lady, red spider-lily [Greek hippeus, rider, and astron, star, the allusion obscure]
- Cultivar:
Pink Floyd
- Botanical name: - Hippeastrum 'Pink Floyd'
- Cultivar:
Pink Floyd
- Genus:
Hippeastrum
(
- Tribe:
Hippeastreae
(
- Family:
Amaryllidaceae
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Superorder:
Lilianae
(
- Subclass:
Liliidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hippeastrum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 116 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
H. aulicum f. robustum (Lily-Of-The-Palace) · H. blossfeldiae (Amaryllis) · H. cybister 'Merengue' (Amaryllis) · H. cybister 'Ruby Meyer' (Amaryllis) · H. papilio (Butterfly Amaryllis) · H. puniceum (Barbados Lily) · H. puniceum f. barbatum (Barbados-Lily) · H. puniceum f. pyrrochroum (Barbados-Lily) · H. puniceum f. roezlii (Barbados-Lily) · H. puniceum f. spathaceum (Barbados-Lily) · H. puniceum f. spatheceum (Barbados-Lily) · H. striatum (Amaryllis) · H. x johnsonii (Hardy Amaryllis) · H. 'Alfresco' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Amalfi' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Amoretta' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Amputo' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Aphrodite' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Apple Blossom' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Baby Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Basuto' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Belinda' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Bestseller' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Bianca' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Blossom Peacock' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Blushing Bride' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Bolero' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Calimero' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Candy Floss' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Carnival' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Charisma' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Charmeur' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Cherry Nymph' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Chico' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Christmas Gift' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Christmas Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Cinderella' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Clown' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Cocktail' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Dancing Queen' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Double Queen' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Double Record' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Elvas' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Emerald' (Emerald Amaryllis) · H. 'Exotica' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Exotic Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Fairy Tale' (Minature Amaryllis) · H. 'Furore' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Giraffe' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Gold Medal' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Hercules' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Honeymoon' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Intokazi' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Jaguar' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Jewel' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Joker' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lady Jane' (Amaryllis) · H. 'La Paz' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lemon and Lime' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lemon Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Liberty' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lima' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Ludwig Dazzler' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Lydia' (Amaryllus) · H. 'Merry Christmas' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Milady' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Minerva' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Mont Blanc' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Nagano' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Nymph' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Orange Sovereign' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pamela' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pasadena' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Philadelphia' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Piccolo' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Picotee' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pink Diamond' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pink Floyd' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pink Impression' (Amarylllis) · H. 'Pink Nymph' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pink Star' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Pizazz' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Prins Carnival' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Promise' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Queen of Hearts' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Ragtime' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Razzle Dazzle' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Razzmatazz' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Red and White' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Red Charm' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Red Lion' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Red Peacock' (Double Amaryllis) · H. 'Rilona' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Royal Velvet' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Rozetta' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Santa Cruz' (Amaryllis) · H. 'San Remo' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Scarlet Baby' (Scarlet Baby Amaryllis) · H. 'Snow White' (Amaryllis) · H. 'Star of Holland' (Amaryllis)
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Further Reading
- Qian Xiao-hu, Chen Sing-chi, Hsu Yin, Hu Zhi-bi, Huang Xiu-lan & Fan Quan-jin. 1985. Amaryllidaceae. In: Pei Chien & Ting Chih-tsun, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 16(1): 1--42.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 971564
Footnotes
- Zhanhe Ji & Alan W. Meerow "Amaryllidaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 264. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Walter C. Holmes "Hippeastrum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 55, 282. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
