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Issue: Vol. 307 No. 2: 23 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.307.2.6
Page range: 147-152
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 2

A new Hippeastrum (Amaryllidaceae) species from Brazil

GaTE Laboratory, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, IBUSP, Rua do Matão 277, CEP: 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, (CONICET - FCEFyN, UNC), Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299, 2P. 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Postal Code 6109, CEP: 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Amaryllidaceae new species Hippeastrum Monocots

Abstract

The largest genus of Amaryllidaceae in Brazil is Hippeastrum Herbert (1821: 31), with about 30 species and the widest geographical distribution in the country. The whole genus has about 60 species with two centers of diversity, Bolivia/Peru and Southeast/Southern Brazil (Meerow & Snijman 1998).