Amaryllis is a monotypic (consisting of only one species) genus of flowering plants containing the Belladonna Lily, popularly known as the Amaryllis belladonna lily. Amaryllis is a native of South and Central America and the Caribbean. The Hippeastrum genus of flowering bulbed plants is erroneously named as the Amaryllis orChristmas Amaryllis.
Amaryllis is a perennial flowering plant.
Amaryllis bulbs are 3-11 cm in diameter, and produce 3-7 long-lasting leaves of 10-60 cm long and 1-5 cm broad.
Amaryllis has narrow, flat leaves and with lily-like flowers borne on separate, leafless stalks.
Amaryllises are widely distributed throughout the world, especially in the flatlands of the tropics and subtropics.
The Amaryllis hybrids are known as Hippeastrum.
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Magnoliophyta
Class
Lilliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Amaryllis
Species
Belladonna
 
 
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