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Hippeastrum leopoldii is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, distributed from Peru to Bolivia.[1]

Hippeastrum leopoldii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Genus:	Hippeastrum
Species:	H. leopoldii
Binomial name
Hippeastrum leopoldii T.Moore[1]
Synonyms
Amaryllis leopoldii H.J.Veitch ex T.Moore[2] Amaryllis leopoldii f. whitakeri Cárdenas[3]

Taxonomy

Described by Thomas Moore in 1870.[1]

Etymology

Named in honour of King Leopold II of Belgium, upon his visit to the Royal Horticultural Society exhibition in South Kensington in 1870 .[4]

Cultivation

H. 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

Sources

• 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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