Hippeastrum vittatum

Hippeastrum vittatum
	In Yercaud, India
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Genus:	Hippeastrum
Species:	H. vittatum
Binomial name
	Hippeastrum vittatum; (L'Hér.) Herb.
Synonyms
	List Amaryllis lineata Colla; Amaryllis vittata L'Hér.; Amaryllis vittata subsp. guarapuavae Ravenna; Amaryllis vittata var. harrisoniae Lindl.; Amaryllis vittata var. major Lindl.; Amaryllis vittata var. tweedieana (Herb.) Traub; Chonais vittata (L'Hér.) Salisb.; Hippeastrum ambiguum var. tweedieanum Herb.; Hippeastrum vittatum var. harrisoniae (Lindl.) Herb.; Hippeastrum vittatum var. latifolium Herb.; ;

Hippeastrum vittatum, the superb amaryllis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to western Bolivia, southern Brazil, and Misiones Province, Argentina, and it has been introduced to a number of other locales around the world. A bulbous geophyte, it is typically found in the seasonally dry tropics. With Hippeastrum reginae it is a parent of Hippeastrum × johnsonii, an ornamental that gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 2012.