Hippeastrum leopoldii is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, distributed from Peru to Bolivia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Hippeastrum |
| Species: | H. leopoldii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippeastrum leopoldii | |
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Amaryllis leopoldii | |
Taxonomy
editDescribed by Thomas Moore in 1870.[1]
Etymology
editNamed in honour of King Leopold II of Belgium, upon his visit to the Royal Horticultural Society exhibition in South Kensington in 1870 .[4]
Cultivation
editH. leopoldii has played an important part in Hippeastrum breeding programmes, resulting in the so-called Leopoldii hybrids, the most important of which was 'John Heal'.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum pardinum.
- ^ Gard. Chron. 1870: 733 (1870).
- ^ Pl. Life 29: 36 (1973).
- ^ a b Veitch, James Herbert (2011) [1906]. Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs James Veitch and Sons. Cambridge University Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-1-108-03736-5. In Veitch (2011)
Sources
edit- The Plant List (2012). "Hippeastrum leopoldii". Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- GBIF: Hippeastrum leopoldii
- Read, V.M. (2004). Hippeastrum the gardener's amaryllis: 1–296. Timber Press, Portland, Cambridge.
- International Bulb Society: Hippeastrum leopoldii (image)
- Tropicos: Hippeastrum leopoldii
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