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Taxon:  Amaryllis belladonna L.



Summary
Genus:
Amaryllis
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Amaryllidoideae
Tribe:
Amaryllideae
Subtribe:
Amaryllidinae
Nomen number:
2815
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:293. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
  • conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV) through conservation of the genus Amaryllis
  • non Amaryllis belladonna auct. nonn. (= Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Kuntze)
Verified:
03/20/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13. 1984
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 Note: = A. bella-donna L.
  4. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). 2000 229. http://www.bgbm.org/iapt/nomenclature/code/SaintLouis/0000St.Luistitle.htm
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  9. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
  10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  11. Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource). http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px
  12. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. 1995
  13. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
English
belladonna-lily –
Easter-lily –
Jersey-lily –
Portuguese (Brazil)
beladona-do-cabo –
lírio-beladona –
Swedish
kapamaryllis –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Western Cape]
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Lampe & McCann) –


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