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Hippeastrum puniceum

(Lam.) Voss (1895)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Amaryllidaceae Genus: Hippeastrum

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennial herbs from bulbs.

Stems:

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, developing after flowers. Blades up to 60 cm long, 2–4 cm wide. Base sessile. Margins entire. Veins parallel. Sheathing. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 2–4 in terminal umbels on hollow, leafless scapes, each one subtended by a spathe. Flowers bisexual (perfect), slightly zygomorphic, nodding. Perianth of 6 tepals in 2 whorls of 3, outer slightly shorter than inner, bright red to salmon red, becoming green toward base, 11–12.5 cm long. Stamens 6, inserted just below top of perianth tube, unequal, of 4 different lengths. Ovary inferior; stigma 3-lobed.

Fruit: Capsules ellipsoid to ovoid; 2 cm. Seeds black; compressed-globose or -subglobose.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Commonly cultivated and naturalized along irrigation ditches; in pastures; and other disturbed sites.

Elevation Range: 80–300 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Wind

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1033 (1895)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss land of kealia, along road s of spaulding monument Irrigation ditches and pasture PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst & s. ishikawa 5683 Kauai US 2/25/1976
2 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Tantalus, 3245 Round Top Drive, roadside near gate to Puu Valaka'a State Park Highly disturbed mesic forest, sunny PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 1039 NY 8/7/1998
3 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss tantalus, 3245 round top drive, roadside near gate to puu valaka'a state park Highly disturbed mesic forest, sunny PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. j. ray 1039 NY 8/7/1998
4 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Tantalus, Round Top Dr, near gate to Puu Ualakaa Wayside Partial shade, disturbed mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 84 NY 2/12/1998
5 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss tantalus, round top dr, near gate to puu ualakaa wayside Partial shade, disturbed mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. j. ray 84 NY 2/12/1998
6 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Honolulu Partial shade, disturbed mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 84 Oahu HAPI 2/12/1998
7 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Land of kealia, along road s of spaulding monument Irrigation ditches and pasture PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R.; Ishikawa, S. 5683 Kauai US 2/25/1976
8 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Hawaii County, HI, USA Highly disturbed mesic forest, sunny PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 1039 Oahu HAPI 8/7/1998
9 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss land of kealia, along road s of spaulding monument Irrigation ditches and pasture PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst & s. ishikawa 5683 Kauai US 2/25/1976
10 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Tantalus, 3245 Round Top Drive, roadside near gate to Puu Valaka'a State Park Highly disturbed mesic forest, sunny PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 1039 NY 8/7/1998
11 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss tantalus, 3245 round top drive, roadside near gate to puu valaka'a state park Highly disturbed mesic forest, sunny PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. j. ray 1039 NY 8/7/1998
12 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Tantalus, Round Top Dr, near gate to Puu Ualakaa Wayside Partial shade, disturbed mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 84 NY 2/12/1998
13 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss tantalus, round top dr, near gate to puu ualakaa wayside Partial shade, disturbed mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. j. ray 84 NY 2/12/1998
14 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Honolulu Partial shade, disturbed mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 84 Oahu HAPI 2/12/1998
15 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Land of kealia, along road s of spaulding monument Irrigation ditches and pasture PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R.; Ishikawa, S. 5683 Kauai US 2/25/1976
16 Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss Hawaii County, HI, USA Highly disturbed mesic forest, sunny PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 1039 Oahu HAPI 8/7/1998
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