Hippeastrum leopoldii

Hippeastrum leopoldii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species:
H. leopoldii
Binomial name
Hippeastrum leopoldii
Synonyms

Amaryllis leopoldii
H.J.Veitch ex T.Moore[2]
Amaryllis leopoldii f. whitakeri
Cárdenas[3]

Hippeastrum leopoldii is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, distributed from Peru to Bolivia.[1]

Taxonomy

Described by Thomas Moore in 1870.[1]

Etymology

Named in honour of King Leopold II of Belgium, upon his visit to the Royal Horticultural Society exhibition in South Kensington in 1870 .[4]

Cultivation

H. leopoldii has played an important part in Hippeastrum breeding programmes, resulting in the so-called Leopoldii hybrids, the most important of which was 'John Heal'.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum pardinum.
  2. ^ Gard. Chron. 1870: 733 (1870).
  3. ^ Pl. Life 29: 36 (1973).
  4. ^ a b Veitch, James Herbert (2011) [1906]. Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs James Veitch and Sons. Cambridge University Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-1-108-03736-5. In Veitch (2011)

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