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Accession Data:

Worsleya procera (Lem.) Traub

  • Common Name: Empress of Brazil, Blue Amaryllis
  • Family: Amaryllidaceae J. St-Hil.

  • Country of Origin: eastern Brazil
  • Habitat: hanging from cliffs near waterfalls

  • USDA Zone: 11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600167
  • Source: Rick Buell
  • Accession Date: 11-28-2016
  • Bench: 3309 - NEOB: StarSteel 3x12
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-17-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Amaryllidaceae
  • SubFamily: Amaryllidoideae
  • Tribe: Griffineae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. Wikipedia - last visited 4 December 2012
  2. Strange and Wonderful Things - last visited 4 December 2012
  3. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. (accessed 2 December 2013).
  4. WCSP (2013). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  5. Worsleya procera. (2011, April 30). Wikispecies, . Retrieved 14:31, December 2, 2013
  6. Images 00, 01, 02, 03 & 04 courtesy of John Forlonge, Clunes, NSW Australia. Authors permission to post given 6 September 2015.
  7. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

data regenerated on Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:06:18 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Worsleya procera

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