Hippeastrum puniceum

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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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

Habitat

Disturbed sites and old gardens, spreading or persisting from cultivation; 0--100 m [3].

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[4]

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 9-12" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Amaryllis punicea Lam. • Amaryllis punicea Lamarck in J. Lamarck Et Al. • Encycl. 1: 122. 1783

Notes

Basionym : Amaryllidaceae Amaryllis punicea Lam.

Basionym author: (Lam.)

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

• Allan Hancock Atlantic expedition / University of Southern California. Los Angeles, Calif.: The University, 1945-[1964] url p. 24, p. 44.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 392.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52 2005 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 109, p. 39, p. 400, p. 404, p. 494, p. 538.
• Contributions to the flora of Venezuela / Julian A. Steyermark and collaborators. 28 1957 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1957. url p. 1204, p. 836.
• Dedication papers: scientific papers presented at the dedication of the laboratory building and plant houses, April 19-21, 1917. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1918. url p. 36.
• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 372.
• Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 160.
• Flora of Bermuda. .. by Nathaniel Lord Britton. .. New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1918. url p. 572, p. 81.
• Flora of Bermuda... by Nathaniel Lord Britton... New York, Scribner, 1918. url p. 572.
• Flora of Costa Rica. .. by Paul C. Standley. .. 18 1937 Chicago, 1937. url p. 176.
• Flora of Guatemala / Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. 24 1952 Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1952. url p. 134.
• Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. 13 1936 Chicago, U.S.A.: Field Museum of Natural History, [1936] url p. 685.
• Flora of Yucatan, by Paul C. Standley. 3 1930 Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1930. url p. 233.
• Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 27 1926 Lancaster, Pa.: Published for the Garden by the New Era Printing Co., 1900- url p. 107, p. 296.
• Manual of the southeastern flora: being descriptions of the seed plants growing naturally in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, eastern Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. 1933 New York: The author, 1933. url p. 321.
• Memoirs / Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Garden, 1918-1936. url p. 36.
• The flora of the American Virgin Islands / N.L. Britton. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1918. url p. 36.
• The flora of the Dutch West Indian islands. .. by I. Boldingh. Leyden, E. J. Brill, 1909-14. url p. 17, p. 185.
• The forests and flora of British Honduras / by Paul C. Standley and Samuel J. Record; in cooperation with the Conservator of Forests and the Agricultural Officer of the Colony. 12 1936 Chicago: [Field Museum of Natural History], 1936. url p. 94.
• Useful plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of eastern Ecuador / William T. Vickers, Timothy Plowman. 15 1984 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1984. url p. 5, p. 62.
• 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.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667495
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-278253
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13759796
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65138-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 19152
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503042
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 122815-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMLIL13010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: HIEQ
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 20725

Footnotes

1. 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]
2. Walter C. Holmes "Hippeastrum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 55, 282. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. "Hippeastrum puniceum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 281, 283. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
4. Mean = 428.940 meters (1,407.283 feet), Standard Deviation = 905.030 based on 65 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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