Amaryllidaceae

Hippeastrum Herb.

First published in Appendix: 31 (1821), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & S. Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Angola, Ascension, Bahamas, Belize, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nauru, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Is., Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1998 Cardenas, M. [5145] Bolivia K000322333 Isotype Yes
Lehmann, J.G.C. [4621] Colombia K002970063 No
Starzenski, C. [10403] Kenya K002464847 Yes
Cox, J. [103-48] K002970221 Yes
Morrison, J.L.; Reed, E.P. [17662] Chile K002970175 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [12448] Hong Kong K002970217 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [11752] Hong Kong K002464822 Yes
Lorence [955] Mauritius K:SPC-37650.000 No
Reynolds [54] Chile K000523834 Unknown Type Material Yes
Venturi, S. [4556] Argentina K002970177 Yes
{Father conrads} [EAH 11089] Tanzania K002464845 Yes
Chow [927] K002464823 Yes
Venturi, S. [5695] Argentina K002970178 Yes
Davices, H.J. [s.n.] India K002970210 Yes
Plowman, T.C. [11034] Peru K002970066 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Bolivia K002970064 No
s.coll. [8781] Zimbabwe K002464835 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [s.n.] Colombia K001617258 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002970216 Yes
s.coll. [1048] K002464831 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [4621] Colombia K002970059 No
Amani [I] Tanzania K002464846 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002970065 No
Fryxell, P. [s.n.] United States K002970198 Yes
Eanghourt, K. [60] Cambodia K002970223 Yes
Allen, C.E.F. [162] Zambia K002464834 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002970060 No
Lehmann, J.G.C. [4621] Colombia K002970062 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002970202 Yes
K:SPC-17344.000 No
Plowman, T.C. [11034] Peru K002970067 No
Lehmann, F.C. [4621] Colombia K001736135 No
Cox, J. [103-48] K002970220 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002970195 Yes
s.coll. [17438] Philippines K002464832 Yes
Lye, K.A. [6017] Uganda K002970196 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002970061 No
Thamer; Wedad [877] Iraq K002464821 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines K002464833 Yes
Venturi, S. [9820] Argentina K002970176 Yes
K:SPC-19089.000 No
Cabrera, A.L. [13223] Argentina K002970179 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images