Hippeastrum papilio explained

Hippeastrum papilio is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to southern Brasil.

Description

Colours are variable from white to creamy-green, or dark apple-green with carmine, maroon or purple striations.

Taxonomy

Collected in the 1960s, it was originally described by Pierfelice Ravenna in 1970 as a species of Amaryllis, it was transferred to Hippeastrum by Johan Van Scheepen in 1997.^[1] Placed in the epiphytic Omphalissa subgenus.^{[2] [3]}

Etymology

papilio: Latin Butterfly^[4]

Distribution

Tropical rain forests of the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil. While its natural habitat is shrinking, it is becoming increasingly popular in horticulture.^[2]

Ecology

Epiphytic.^[2]

Conservation

Considered endangered.^[2]

Sources

• Web site: Hippeastrum papilio. 31 March 2014. The Plant List . 2012.
• GBIF: Hippeastrum papilio
• Pacific Bulb Society: Hippeastrum papilio (image)
• Web site: Hippeastrum papilio. 25 March 2014 . Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
• Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107. 2008
• International Bulb Society: Hippeastrum papilio (image)
• Forzza, R. C. et al. 2010 onwards. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil

Notes and References

1. Taxon 46: 18 (1997)
2. http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Hippeastrum_papilio Pacific Bulb Society: Hippeastrum papilio
3. Web site: Hippeastrum papilio. 25 March 2014 . Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
4. Web site: Griffith. Chuck. Dictionary of Botanical Epithets. 2 April 2014. 2005.