Compilation
Hippeastrum puniceum

10 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Kuntze [family AMARYLLIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Hippeastrum puniceum
Common name
  • amaryllis, Barbados lily (U.S.A.) harmattan lily, cacao lily (Irvine)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Hippeastrum puniceum (Lamarck) Voss [family AMARYLLIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Hippeastrum puniceum (Lamarck) Voss [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed., 3, 1: 1033. 1895
Amaryllis punicea Lamarck [family AMARYLLIDACEAE], in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl., 1: 122. 1783
Treatment Author(s)
Walter C. Holmes
Information
Bulbs 6–10 cm diam. Leaves 6–8, appearing after flowering, 50 × 3–5 cm. Scape to 1 m. Inflorescences 2–4-flowered; bracts 5 cm. Flowers slightly zygomorphic; perianth reddish to salmon, with whitish midstripe on adaxial surface of each outer tepal, tube 3 cm; outer tepals lanceolate to subrhombic, 12 cm or more, apex acuminatenate. Capsules ellipsoid to ovoid, 2 cm. Seeds black, compressed-globose or -subglobose.
Phenology
mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
0–100 m;
Distribution
MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth America.USA La.USA Tex.
Discussion
Hippeastrum puniceum is the “amaryllis” of commerce that is extensively cultivated outdoors in the southern United States and indoors elsewhere.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

Related Materials