Hippeastrum vittatum

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Monocots

Order:Asparagales

Hippeastrum vittatum
In Yercaud, India
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Genus:	Hippeastrum
Species:	H. vittatum
Binomial name
Hippeastrum vittatum (L'Hér.) Herb.
Synonyms[1]
List Amaryllis lineata Colla Amaryllis vittata L'Hér. Amaryllis vittata subsp. guarapuavae Ravenna Amaryllis vittata var. harrisoniae Lindl. Amaryllis vittata var. major Lindl. Amaryllis vittata var. tweedieana (Herb.) Traub Chonais vittata (L'Hér.) Salisb. Hippeastrum ambiguum var. tweedieanum Herb. Hippeastrum vittatum var. harrisoniae (Lindl.) Herb. Hippeastrum vittatum var. latifolium Herb.

Hippeastrum vittatum, the superb amaryllis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.^[2] It is native to western Bolivia, southern Brazil, and Misiones Province, Argentina, and it has been introduced to a number of other locales around the world.^[1] A bulbous geophyte, it is typically found in the seasonally dry tropics.^[1] With Hippeastrum reginae it is a parent of Hippeastrum × johnsonii, an ornamental that gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 2012.^[3][4]