Hippeastrum elegans

(Spreng.) H.E.Moore · species

image placeholder — illustration coming later

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Hippeastrum

At a glance

Occurrence records109

Data sources8

Biological traits13

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Hippeastrum elegans's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility109 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources13 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS6 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF109 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Hippeastrum elegans is a species of flowering plant. It is native to Central and South America, from Costa Rica to Brazil.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formbulbous geophyte

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 800 m

Elevation min500 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTCaatinga (stricto sensu)

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition6 compounds

Compounds documented for Hippeastrum elegans across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile4 classes

Amarylidaceae alkaloids2

Protoberberine alkaloids2

Amarylidaceae alkaloids $ Isoquinoline alkaloids1

Amarylidaceae alkaloids $ Indolizidine alkaloids1

Documented compounds6 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Vittatine	present	LOTUS
5,7-Dioxa-12-azoniapentacyclo[10.6.1.02,10.04,8.015,19]nonadeca-1(18),2,4(8),9,11,15(19),16-heptaen-17-olate	present	LOTUS
Hamayne	present	LOTUS
Ismine	present	LOTUS
Lycorine	present	LOTUS
Ungeremine	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Hippeastrum elegans has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Hippeastrum elegans carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records22–222n range22median22mode3records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 223×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants · CCDB · kew

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Williams, M. 1982. A tetraploid Amaryllis starkii. Pl. Life 38: 59–60.

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Baldwin & S. 1947a

CCDB · kew — Poggio L, González G, Naranjo CA. 2007. Chromosome studies in Hippeastrum (Amaryllidaceae): variation in genome size. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 155: 171-178.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type109 records

Wild obs. + sensor18

Museum / vouchered91

Origin

Native33

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO280 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 3≤10 km 1>10 km 3

17 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor18

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

8 georeferenced · 83 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence91

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions13 of 33 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record	6
Cenargenlocation not on record	6
Bronx, US	6
Chapingo, MX	6
Brasília, BR	5
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	5
Saint Louis, US	5
Brasília, BR	5
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record	5
UnBlocation not on record	4
UNIVASFlocation not on record	3
Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record	3
Stockholm, SE	3
Campo Grande, BR	3
Fortaleza, BR	2
UFMSlocation not on record	2
JBRJlocation not on record	2
UEMAlocation not on record	2
UFSClocation not on record	2
CEPLAClocation not on record	1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record	1
Paris, FR	1
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record	1
Blumenau, BR	1
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record	1
Cuiabá, BR	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
UNESP-RClocation not on record	1
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO	1
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record	1
JBPlocation not on record	1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record	1
Altos de Pipe, VE	1

33 institutions · 89 of 91 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

←→tabs

The Life Data · species page · narrative wired to read_model image placeholder · 3D tilt requires an http server (WebGL)