Amaryllis belladonna

Amaryllis belladonna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Amaryllis
Species:
A. belladonna
Binomial name
Amaryllis belladonna
Synonyms[1]
Species synonymy
  • Amaryllis blanda Ker Gawl.
  • Amaryllis longipetala Lem.
  • Amaryllis obliqua L.f. ex Savage
  • Amaryllis pallida Delile
  • Amaryllis pudica Ker Gawl.
  • Amaryllis regalis Salisb.
  • Amaryllis rosea Lam.
  • Belladonna blanda (Ker Gawl.) Sweet
  • Belladonna pallida (Delile) Sweet
  • Belladonna pudica (Ker Gawl.) Sweet
  • Belladonna purpurascens Sweet
  • Brunsvigia blanda (Ker Gawl.) L.S.Hannibal
  • Brunsvigia major Traub
  • Brunsvigia rosea (Lam.) L.S.Hannibal
  • Brunsvigia rosea var. blanda (Ker Gawl.) Traub
  • Brunsvigia rosea var. elata L.S.Hannibal
  • Brunsvigia rosea var. longipetala (Lem.) Traub
  • Brunsvigia rosea var. major L.S.Hannibal
  • Brunsvigia rosea var. minor L.S.Hannibal
  • Brunsvigia rosea var. pallida (Delile) L.S.Hannibal
  • Brunsvigia rosea var. pudica (Ker Gawl.) L.S.Hannibal
  • Callicore rosea (Lam.) Link
  • Coburgia belladonna (L.) Herb.
  • Coburgia blanda (Ker Gawl.) Herb.
  • Coburgia pallida (Delile) Herb.
  • Coburgia pudica (Ker Gawl.) Herb.
  • Coburgia rosea (Lam.) Gouws
  • Imhofia rosea (Lam.) Salisb.
  • Leopoldia belladonna (L.) M.Roem.
  • Zephyranthes pudica (Ker Gawl.) D.Dietr.

Amaryllis belladonna,[2] the Jersey lily,[3] belladonna-lily, naked-lady-lily,[4] or March lily,[5] is a plant species native to Cape Province in South Africa but widely cultivated as an ornamental. It is reportedly naturalized in many places: Corsica, Portugal, the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Scilly Isles of Great Britain, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ascension Island, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Chile, California, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan and the Juan Fernández Islands.[6][7]

  1. ^ Amaryllis belladonna, The Plant List
  2. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species Plantarum. Vol. 1. p. 293 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  4. ^ RHS 2015.
  5. ^ Phipps 2011.
  6. ^ "Amaryllis belladonna". Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
  7. ^ "Amaryllis Belladona distribution map". Biota of North America Project.