''Hippeastrum pardinum'' is a
flowering perennial 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"
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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 ...
, from
Peru to
Bolivia
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[ Originally collected in 1866 by Richard Pearce, it was used in breeding programmes.][
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Description
Vermilion spots on a yellowish background, resembling a leopard skin. Short or nearly absent flower tube, floral segments broad, recurved and spreading. Flowers 18 cm in diameter.[ In ]
Taxonomy
Described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1867 as ''Amaryllis'', but transferred to ''Hippeastrum'' by Henry Honywood Dombrain.[
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Images
Flore des serres v17 025a.jpg, ''Hippeastrum pardinum''[
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References
Sources
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GBIF: ''Hippeastrum pardinum''
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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: i–xl, 1–1286.
* Macbride, J. F. 1936. Amaryllidaceae, Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(1/3): 631–690.
L'Illustration Horticole. Ghent & Brussels 14:(Misc.) 46. 1867
Flora of South America
pardinum
Garden plants of South America
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