Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss

Barbados lily (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Hippeastrum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.5-0.75m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Rocky shores and hillsides.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Contusions (bulb), Inflammation (bulb), Bruise (unspecified), Parotitis (unspecified), Fatality (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Contusion (unspecified), Neck (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Hippeastrum puniceum flower picture by Sérgio Sérgio (cc-by-sa)
Hippeastrum puniceum flower picture by JP Corrêa Carvalho (cc-by-sa)
Hippeastrum puniceum flower picture by Junior Ocanha (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hippeastrum puniceum world distribution map, present in Angola, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cook Islands, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Norfolk Island, Nicaragua, Nauru, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Seychelles, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:122815-2
WFO ID wfo-0000661183
COL ID 3LZ7R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629858
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hippeastrum crociflorum Hippeastrum ignescens Hippeastrum puniceum Hippeastrum roezlii Amaryllis barbata Amaryllis barreirasa Amaryllis belladonna Amaryllis biflora Amaryllis brasiliensis Amaryllis crociflora Amaryllis dubia Amaryllis equestris Amaryllis punicea Aschamia equestris Hippeastrum barbatum Hippeastrum barreirasum Hippeastrum equestre Hippeastrum occidentale Hippeastrum purpureum Hippeastrum pyrrochroum Hippeastrum soratense Hippeastrum wolteri Amaryllis pyrrhocroa Amaryllis spathacea Crinum barbatum Hippeastrum puniceum Hippeastrum spathaceum Amaryllis ignescens Amaryllis roezlii Hippeastrum equestre var. majus Hippeastrum equestre var. wolteri Hippeastrum puniceum var. majus Amaryllis belladonna subsp. barbata Amaryllis belladonna subsp. haywardii Amaryllis belladonna var. major Amaryllis belladonna subsp. major Amaryllis belladonna var. semiplena Amaryllis equestris var. major Hippeastrum equestre var. minus Hippeastrum equestre var. semiplenum Hippeastrum puniceum f. barbatum Hippeastrum puniceum f. pyrrochroum Hippeastrum puniceum f. roezlii Hippeastrum puniceum f. spathaceum Amaryllis belladonna var. barbata

Lower taxons

Hippeastrum puniceum subsp. quentinianum Hippeastrum puniceum subsp. puniceum