Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss [Amaryllidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Hippeastrum puniceum subsp. puniceum

Hippeastrum puniceum subsp. quentinianum (Traub & Whitaker) R.Lara & R.Vásquez

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
red lily	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amaryllis equestris Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 417 (1789), nom. superfl.
Hippeastrum equestre (Aiton) Herb. Appendix: 31 (1821), nom. superfl.
Amaryllis equestris var. flore-simplici Loisel. Herb. Gén. Amat. 2: t. 78 (1817), not validly publ.
Amaryllis punicea Lam. Encycl. 1: 122 (1783).
Aschamia equestris (Aiton) Salisb. Gen. Pl.: 134 (1866), not validly publ.
Hippeastrum purpureum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 703 (1891), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaryllis equestris	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amaryllis equestris Aiton	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hippeastrum equestre	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hippeastrum equestre (Ait.) Herb.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Hippeastrum puniceum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Kuntze	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hippeastrum puniceum (Lamk) O.K.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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