1176.000 Amaryllis L.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Geerinck, D. (1973) Amaryllidaceae Flore d' Afrique Centrale Jardin botanique national de Belgique

Description of the genus

Perennial, bulbous herbs. Leaves appearing after the flowers, oblong somewhat narrow at base. Inflorescence an umbel, 5-many-flowered; sub-tended by 2 large, equal free spathes enclosing the whole umbel when in bud flowers erect or ascending. Flowers perianth bilaterally symmetric; corolla tube short; lobes 6, oblanceolate. Fruit a capsule, dehiscing irregularly.

Worldwide: 2 species in South Africa

Rwanda: 1 cultivated taxon.

No image yet

Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	Content
belladonna L.	Description

Other sources of information about Amaryllis:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Amaryllis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Amaryllis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Amaryllis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Amaryllis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Amaryllis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Amaryllis
JSTOR Plant Science: Amaryllis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Amaryllis
Plants of the World Online: Amaryllis
Tropicos: Amaryllis
Wikipedia: Amaryllis