''Hippeastrum correiense'' is a flowering perennial

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ous plant, in the family

Amaryllidaceae The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fa ...

, native to Brazil.

Description

Large bulbs and trumpet shaped flowers. Amaryllis -- Hippeastrum correiense

Amaryllis many -- Hippeastrum correiense

Taxonomy

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

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: * ''Amaryllis correiensis'' Bury, Select. Hexandr. Pl.: 9 (1832). (

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) * ''Amaryllis aulica var. glaucophylla'' Hook., Bot. Mag. 57: t. 2983 (1830). * ''Hippeastrum aulicum var. glaucophyllum'' (Hook.)

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, 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''

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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.)

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, Herbertia 5: 129 (1938). * ''Amaryllis organensis var. compressa'' (Herb.)

, Pl. Life 7: 35 (1951).''Hippeastrum correiense'' in The Plant List
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References

Sources

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GBIF: Hippeastrum correiense

List of Species of the Brazilian Flora.
Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden (Search for ''Hippeastrum correiense'') Flora of South America correiense Garden plants of South America {{Amaryllidaceae-stub