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Similar Hippeastrum miniatum, Hippeastrum correiense, Hippeastrum evansiae | ||
Hippeastrum ferreyrae is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the Amaryllidaceae family, native to Peru.
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Description
Hippeastrum ferreyrae is considered an endangered species according to the IUCN (1997).
Taxonomy
The species was first described and named by Hamilton Paul Traub in 1950 as Amaryllis ferreyrae. It was transferred to the genus Hippeastrum by Roy Emile Gereau and Lois Brako in 1993.
References
Hippeastrum ferreyrae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA