Hippeastrum mirum
| Hippeastrum mirum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Subtribe: | Hippeastrinae |
| Genus: | Hippeastrum |
| Species: | H. mirum
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippeastrum mirum (Ravenna) Christenh. & Byng
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hippeastrum mirum is a species of herbaceous perennial bulbous flowering plants in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It was formerly treated as Tocantinia mira.[1]
Description[edit]
The flowers are single, the stigma capitate. Spathe bracts are lanceolate, with a single valve.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Tocantinia mira grows in a dry forest of Brazil between the rivers Araguaia and Tocantins.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Hippeastrum mirum (Ravenna) Christenh. & Byng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ Garcia et al 2014.
- ^ Byng 2014, p. 88.
- ^ PBS 2012, Saviello M. 15 Jun 2011.
Bibliography[edit]
- "The Plant List: a working list of all known plant species. Version: 1.1". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. September 2013.
- "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- García, Nicolás; Meerow, Alan W.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Soltis, Pamela S. (1 March 2014). "Testing Deep Reticulate Evolution in Amaryllidaceae Tribe Hippeastreae (Asparagales) with ITS and Chloroplast Sequence Data". Systematic Botany. 39 (1): 75–89. doi:10.1600/036364414X678099. S2CID 86117335.
- Ravenna, P. F. (2000). "Tocantinia and Cearanthes, two new genera, and Tocantinieae new tribe, of Brazilian Amarylidaceae". Onira. 5 (3): 9–43.
- Byng, James W. (2014). The Flowering Plants Handbook: A Practical Guide to Families and Genera of the World. Plant Gateway Ltd. ISBN 978-0992999308.
- "Pacific Bulb Society". Pacific Bulb Society. 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
External links[edit]
- Tocantinia at JSTOR