Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllis

Amaryllis belladonna L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 293 (1753), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Cape Prov. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Introduced into:

Algeria, Ascension, Azores, California, Canary Is., Corse, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Great Britain, Haiti, Juan Fernández Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Mexico Central, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Portugal, South Australia, Tunisia, Western Australia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
  • Geerinck, D. (1973). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Amaryllidaceae: 1-23. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Jeanmonod, D. & Schlüssel, A. (2006). Notes et contributions à la flore de Corse, XXI. Candollea 61: 93-134.
  • Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis: 1-732. New York.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Read, V.M. (2004). Hippeastrum the gardener's amaryllis: 1-296. Timber Press, Portland, Cambridge. [Cited as Hippeastrum equestre.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Fairhurst, W. (2004). Flowering Plants of Ascension island: 1-300. Higham Press, Shirland, Alfreton, England.
  • Geerinck, D. (1973). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Amaryllidaceae: 1-23. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Jeanmonod, D. & Schlüssel, A. (2006). Notes et contributions à la flore de Corse, XXI. Candollea 61: 93-134.
  • Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis: 1-732. New York.
  • Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Langley Kitching [s.n.] South Africa K003749677 No
Greenwood, W. [s.n.] Fiji K003749667 No
Compton, R.H. [K7] South Africa K003749668 No
s.coll. [1056] South Africa K003749672 No
Snijman, D. [1625] South Africa K003749688 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749700 No
Bass [S.n.] K003749711 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [3140] South Africa K003749692 No
[Breksswind] [729] China K003749666 No
Gonan [s.n.] K003749702 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003749683 No
[G. Mad] [s.n.] K003749665 No
s.coll. [857] South Africa K003749676 No
[Mind] [s.n.] South Africa K003749682 No
Snijman, D. [1629] South Africa K003749686 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003749681 No
Galpin, E.E. [11051] South Africa K003749670 No
s.coll. [2561] South Africa K003749675 No
Hanekom, W.J. [3004] South Africa K003749689 No
Carew Hunt, T. [s.n.] Portugal K003749662 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K003749696 No
Léman [s.n.] K003749703 No
Langley Kitching [s.n.] South Africa K003749679 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749705 No
Hanekom, W.J. [3004] South Africa K003749685 No
Parkinson, M. [s.n.] Bolivia K003749710 No
MacOwan [296] South Africa K003749673 No
[W. Fawatt] [s.n.] Jamaica K003749697 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003749671 No
Snijman, D. [1626] South Africa K003749687 No
[Border] [s.n.] K003749706 No
Hanekom, W.J. [3003] South Africa K003749691 No
Hallack, R. [s.n.] South Africa K003749678 No
Mandon, G. [237] K003749663 No
Trott, A.C. [2144] Lebanon K003749661 No
Rogers, F.A. [[737]] K003749699 No
Hanekom, W.J. [3003] South Africa K003749690 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749709 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K003749680 No
Drège [[1521]] South Africa K003749669 No
Lauterbach, C. [s.n.] South Africa K003749684 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749698 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749704 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003749701 No
[Velliltr]; C.B. [s.n.] K003749674 No
Bourgeau, E. [1010] K003749664 No

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

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    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0