Amaryllis atamasco L.

, Sp. Pl. 1: 292 (1753). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62684-1
Publication
Species Plantarum
Collation
1: 292
Date of Publication
1 May 1753
Family as entered in IPNI
Amaryllidaceae

Type Information

Locality
Habitat in Virginia.
Distribution Of Types
Virginia (Southeastern U.S.A., Northern America)

Remarks

Atamasca (the capitalized epithet indicates that it is a noun, not an adjective), as first used by Linneaus, was an orthographic error that he corrected to Atamasco (the American Indian name for rain-lily, also called Atamasco lily or Treat's zephyr-lily) in Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 1: 420. 1762 (vide Dan H. Nicolson (US); pers. comm.).

Links

Basionym of
Zephyranthes atamasco (L.) Herb., Appendix [Herbert]. 36 (1821).
Basionym of
Atamosco atamasco (L.) Greene, Pittonia 3(16): 187 (1897).
Basionym of
Zephyranthes atamasco (L.) Herb., Appendix [Herbert]. [Bot. Reg.] 36 (1821).
Basionym of
Atamosco atamasco (L.) Greene, Pittonia 3(16): 187 (1897).
Basionym of
Hippeastrum atamasco (L.) Christenh. & Byng, Global Fl. 4: 58 (2018).
Basionym of
Atamasco atamasco (L.) Greene, Pittonia 3: 187 (1897).
Replaced synonym of
Amaryllis pulchella Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 229 (1796), nom. illeg.