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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Amaryllis

Hierarchical position of the Genus Amaryllis

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn. pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.       SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Amaryllidales Bromhead pub. 1840       Familia  Amaryllidaceae J. St.-Hil. pub. Expos. Fam. Nat. 1: 134. Feb-Apr 1805.       Subfamilia  Amaryllidoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 446. Jun 1835.       Tribus  Amaryllideae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 58. 1829.       Subtribus  Amaryllidinae (Endl.) Walp. pub. Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 616. 28-29 Sep 1852.       Genus  Amaryllis L. pub. (1753) common name: amaryllis

Named members of the Genus Amaryllis

1	Species  atamasca L. syn. Zephyranthes atamasca var. atamasca
2	Species  belladonna L. common name: belladonna lily
3	Species  punicea Lam. syn. Hippeastrum puniceum
4	Species  zeylanicum L. syn. Crinum zeylanicum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.