Taxon: Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Kuntze

• the 8 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Hippeastrum puniceum var. barbatum (no accessions)

Common names:

• Barbados-lily   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Easter-lily   (Source: F LAnt ) – English
  
• lis rouge   (Source: F LAnt ) – French
  
• rubinamaryllis   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Gene sources: ornamental features   (fide Hortus 3)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Louisiana
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Martinique; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Virgin Islands (British); Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  Mesoamerica: Nicaragua

• also cultivated

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2005. Monocotyledons and gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52:109.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
• DeFilipps, R. A. 1992. Ornamental garden plants of the Guianas.
• Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998–. Flora de la República de Cuba.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Proctor, G. R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Hippeastrum puniceum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Hippeastrum puniceum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Hippeastrum puniceum.

Synonyms:

• (=) Amaryllis belladonna auct. nonn.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Amaryllis equestris Aiton
  
• (≡) Amaryllis punicea Lam. (basionym)
  
• Hippeastrum barbatum Herb. [≡ Hippeastrum puniceum var. barbatum]
  
• (=) Hippeastrum equestre (Aiton) Herb.
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)

Check other web resources for Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Kuntze:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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