Hippeastrum correiense explained

Hippeastrum correiense is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Brazil.

Description

Large bulbs and trumpet shaped flowers.^[1]

Taxonomy

Described under its current name by Arthington Worsley in The Gardeners' Chronicle (ser. 3, 85: 377) in 1929.^[2]

Synonyms

• Amaryllis correiensis Bury, Select. Hexandr. Pl.: 9 (1832). (Basionym)
• Amaryllis aulica var. glaucophylla Hook., Bot. Mag. 57: t. 2983 (1830).
• Hippeastrum aulicum var. glaucophyllum (Hook.) Herb., Amaryllidaceae: 136 (1837).
• Hippeastrum organense Herb., Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3803 (1840).
• Hippeastrum organense var. compressum Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 39 (1842).
• Amaryllis gardneri Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius et auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 149 (1847).
• Hippeastrum gardneri (Seub.) Hoehne, Araucarilandia: 30 (1930).
• Amaryllis organensis (Herb.) Traub et Uphof, Herbertia 5: 129 (1938).
• Amaryllis organensis var. compressa (Herb.) Traub, Pl. Life 7: 35 (1951).^[3]

Sources

• Web site: Hippeastrum correiense. 20 March 2014. The Plant List . 2012.
• GBIF: Hippeastrum correiense
• List of Species of the Brazilian Flora. Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden (Search for Hippeastrum correiense)

Notes and References

1. http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HippeastrumSpeciesOne#correiense Hippeastrum correiense Pacific Bulb Society
2. Web site: Hippeastrum correiense. 25 March 2014 . Tropicos Missouri Botanical Garden.
3. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-278140 Hippeastrum correiense in The Plant List