Hippeastrum, Herbert, 1821
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.625.2.8 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10248370 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CF6F09-FF9D-FFFD-C0F0-C145FA6D842D |
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Identification key to Hippeastrum View in CoL from Corrientes, Argentina
1. Flowers light yellow. Perigone trumpet-shaped with a long tube (9–10 cm long). Growing in rocky slopes, between rocks and sandy soil, surrounding by xerophytic vegetation....................................................................................................... H. euryphyllum
- Flowers red or orange. Perigone funnel-shaped with a short tube (2 cm long). Growing in inundated or seasonally waterlogged areas, mostly with hydromorphic vegetation.....................................................................................................................................2.
2. Flowers red. Perigone zygomorphic, tepals 1 cm wide, lower petal smaller than the upper ones. Leaves 2 cm wide, glaucous. Bulb single or with few bulblets. Growing in marshes...................................................................................................... H. angustifolium
- Flowers orange. Perigone slightly zygomorphic, tepals 2.5 cm wide, lower and upper petals similar. Leaves 3.5 cm wide, dark green. Bulbs with several small bulblets. Growing in river borders ................................................................................. H. striatum
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