''Hippeastrum miniatum'' is a
flowering perennial
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herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
The fourth edition of t ...
bulb
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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
Peru
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Description
Flowers are bright orange-red (vermilion) with up to six flowers per stem.[Pacific Bulb Society: ''Hippeastrum miniatum'']
/ref> Bulbs ovate, 5–8 cm in length, leaves tongue shaped, 45–63 cm in length, up to 2.5 cm wide, stems 30–45 cm high. Perigonium up to 10 cn in length, 33 cm wide, with stamens of a similar length.
Taxonomy
First described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón (April 22, 1754 in Casatejada, Cáceres, Spain – 1840 in Madrid) was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of Peru and Chile.
During the reign of Charles III of Spain, thre ...
in 1802, and formerly named by William Herbert in 1821.[
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Etymology
miniatum: Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
- the colour vermilion
Vermilion (sometimes vermillion) is a color, color family, and pigment most often made, since ancient history, antiquity until the 19th century, from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide, which is toxic) and its correspondi ...
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Distribution
''H. miniatum'' grows in river gorges in the high Peruvian Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
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References
Sources
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GBIF: ''Hippeastrum miniatum''
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* Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
* Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
William Herbert. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and Followed by a Treatise on Cross-bred Vegetables, and Supplement. Ridgway, London 1837: ''Hippeastrum miniatum'', page 409
JSTOR Global Plants: ''Hippeastrum miniatum''
Images
Pacific Bulb Society: ''Hippeastrum miniatum''
Flora of South America
miniatum
Garden plants of South America
Plants described in 1802
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