Hippeastrum pardinum

Hippeastrum pardinum
	Hippeastrum pardinum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Genus:	Hippeastrum
Species:	H. pardinum
Binomial name
	Hippeastrum pardinum; (Hook.f.) Dombrain [2]
Synonyms
	Amaryllis pardina Hook.f.[3]

Hippeastrum pardinum is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the Amaryllidaceae family, from Peru to Bolivia.^[2] Originally collected in 1866 by Richard Pearce, it was used in breeding programmes.^[4]

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.^[4]

Taxonomy

Described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1867 as Amaryllis, but transferred to Hippeastrum by Henry Honywood Dombrain.^[2]

Images

Hippeastrum pardinum^[1]

References

1 2 Amaryllis pardinia in Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, vol. XVII (1867-1868)
1 2 3 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum pardinum.
↑ Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5645 (1867)
1 2 Veitch, James Herbert (2011). Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs James Veitch and Sons. Cambridge University Press. p. 468. ISBN 1-108-03736-4. In Veitch (2011)

Sources

The Plant List (2012). "Hippeastrum pardinum". Retrieved 20 March 2014.
GBIF: Hippeastrum pardinum
"Hippeastrum pardinum". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
International Bulb Society: Hippeastrum pardinum (image)
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

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[FDS-1] 1 2 Amaryllis pardinia in Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, vol. XVII (1867-1868)

[KewWC-2] 1 2 3 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum pardinum.

[3] Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5645 (1867)

[Veitch-4] 1 2 Veitch, James Herbert (2011). Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs James Veitch and Sons. Cambridge University Press. p. 468. ISBN 1-108-03736-4. In Veitch (2011)