Amaryllis are a family of bulbous monocotyledonous plants, many of which have spread like houseplants. In nature, distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of each continent, with the exception of Antarctica.
There were 4 classifications of Amaryllis. The first was proposed by Traub in 1963. It included Alliaceae, Hemerocallidaceae, and Ixioliriaceae, as subfamilies. The second, Dahlgren, Clifford, and Yeo in 1985. This classification included 8 tribes. In 1996, Doblies and Muller-Doblies - 10 tribes and 19 subtribes. In 1998, Meerow and Snijman - 14 tribes (new tribes Calostemmateae and Hymenocallideae).
Eugaris
Hippeastrum
VallotaBelow is the continental division of amaryllis (classification by distribution area) and classification by taxonomic ranks of biological systematics - tribes. Tribes in the classification of amaryllis, and there are 15 of them in total, belong to the family group. Some tribes are especially extensive and include subtribes, and then genera and species.
| African amaryllis | Australasian amaryllis | Eurasian amaryllis | American Amaryllis |
|---|---|---|---|
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1. Tribe Amaryllideae (4 subtitles) |
6. Tribe Narcisseae (2 genera) |
9. Tribe Griffineae (2 genera) 10. Tribe Hippeastreae (2 subtribes) 11. Tribe Eucharideae (4 genera) 12. Tribe Stenomesseae (5 genera) 13. Tribe Eustephieae (3 genera) |
Authors Andrey Shchekotov and Elena Talantova
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When compiling the article, the following materials were used:
- Amaryllidaceae
- Nlbif biodiversity data portal
- The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin
- «Bulbs», by John E. Bryan, F. I. HORT.
- 'The color encyclopedia of Cape bulbs', John Manning, Peter Goldblatt, Dee Snijman.
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- Catalog of species (wild) hippeastrums
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- Amaryllis family