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GBIF: ''Hippeastrum reticulatum''
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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 ...
, native to South America.
Description
Originally described by L'Héritier as ''petalis venosis transversal distincta'', a reference to the defining characteristic of the species with an unusual and exquisite venation of the petals, darker than the purple to pink background color. Theseeds
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are unusual for ''Hippeastrum'' in being orange-red, round, turgid and fleshy rather than black and paper like.
Taxonomy
''Hippeastrum reticulatum'' was one of the earliest Hippeastrums to be discovered and was introduced to Europe in 1777 byEdward Whitaker Gray
Edward Whitaker Gray (21 March 1748 – 27 December 1806), English botanist and secretary to the Royal Society, was uncle of Samuel Frederick Gray, author of ''The Practical Chemist.''
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from Brazil, as documented by William Aiton in his ''Hortus Kewensis
''Hortus Kewensis, or a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew'' by William Aiton was a 1789 catalogue of all the plant species then in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which constituted the vast majori ...
'' (1789). It was described by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788 as one of a number of species of '' Amaryllis'', ''Amaryllis reticulata'', it was later recognised by Herbert
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in 1824 as a member of the separate South American genus '' Hippeastrum'' rather than ''Amaryllis'' which is confined to South Africa, and thus as ''Hippeastrum reticulatum'' (L'Hér.) Herb., Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2475 (1824).
Subdivision
Some sources follow Herbert (1837) in stating that there are two varieties, ''reticulatum'' and ''striatifolium''. A third variety, ''strictum'' Herb., is sometimes also included. This division into varieties is not accepted by the World Checklist.Etymology
The specific epithet ''reticulatum'' is Latin for "netted", referring to the venation of the petals.Distribution and habitat
From Argentina to Brazil, growing in wet sandy soil. In Brazil they are found underMussununga forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay an ...
whose smaller canopy allows more light to reach the forest floor.
Ecology
''Hippeastrum reticulatum'' blooms in late summer to autumn, with an active growing season of autumn to early winter, and requires a semi-dormant period of 4–6 weeks during late winter and early spring. The species is unusual amongst ''Hippeastrum'', in being self-fertile.References
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GBIF: ''Hippeastrum reticulatum''
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