Kingdom Plantae Clade Monocots Family Amaryllidaceae Rank Species | Clade Angiosperms Order Asparagales Subfamily Amaryllidoideae | |
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Similar Hippeastrum, Hippeastrum psittacinum, Hippeastrum evansiae, Hippeastrum pardinum, Hippeastrum elegans | ||
Hippeastrum reginae
Hippeastrum petiolatum is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the Amaryllidaceae family, native to Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil.
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Taxonomy
Described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, as Amaryllis reginae, it was the type species for the genus. It was transferred to Hippeastrum by William Herbert.
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