Modified 10 Mar 2006
Amaryllis Belladonna Linnaeus (1753)
Other Names

12 Dec 2000 The Red Lily

Modern References
William Herbert (1837) Amaryllidaceae

King (1998) Herbert and Coburghia

John Lindley (1821)
Collectanea Botanica
discussion of Herbert's revisions.

John Lindley (1823)
Amaryllis hybrids

John Lindley (1853) Cryptic Clues

Salisbury (1866) Amaryllideae

J.C.Th. Uphof (1938) Refutation of Herbert's Revision

J.R. Sealy (1939) Sealy against Uphof


Amarilla
John Simson
(1729)

Belladonna
Paul Hermann
(1698)
Uphof (1939) Refutation of Sealy

King (2000) Refutation of Sealy

Dandy & Fosberg (1954) Acceptance of Sealy's Proposal

Tjaden (1979) Amaryllis Belladonna and the Guernsey Lily

Amaryllis dubia Alm/Crinum barbatum L.
in Linnaean Herbarium (Swedish Museum)

Unlabeled Specimen (Rubra Bicolour) in Clifford Herbarium


Life spans of principal sources
Historical References
Carolus Clusius Atrebat. Rariorum (1576) Narcissus (plates)

Pierre Vallet Le Jardin du très Chrestien Henry IV (1608)

Emanuel Sweerts [1552-1612] Florilegium (1612)

Theodore de Bry Florilegium (1612-18) (plates)

Bernabe Cobo [1580-1657] Historia del Nuevo Muendo Amancaes

Caspar Bauhin (1623) 1671 Narcissus Exoticus (Pinax)

Tobia Aldinus Hortus Farnesianus (1625) Lilionarcissus rubeus indicus (plate)

John Parkinson Paradisi in Sole Terrestris (1629) Red Daffodill, etc.

Cornut's Canadensium (1635) Narcissus pumilus indicus polyanthos Part of Amaryllis Belladonna L'Heritier (plate)

Giovanni Ferrari (1633) Jacobeus, Saturo, Diluto (plates)

Joannes Laet (1640) Lis rouge (French translation)

Richard Ligon (1657) Red Lilly

Sir Thomas Hanmer (1659) Narcissus Barbadicus

John Rea (1665) Red Daffodil

Cesar (Charles) de Rochefort (1662, 1665) Lys orangez des Antilles

Jean Baptiste Du Tertre (1667) Lys orangé dans les Isles

Morison (1680) Lilionarcissus (plates)

Ray (1686) Jacobaeus

Paul Hermann (1689) Paradisi Batavi Prodromus

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1689) Schola Botanica

Sir Hans Sloane, Catalogus (1696) West Indies Lilies (White & Red)

Leonard Plukenet (1696) Almagestum Botanicum (figure of Amaryllis striata)

Paul Hermann (1698) Elegantly Scarlet Bella Donna (plate)

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1700-1703) Institutiones rei herbariae

Maria Sibylla Merian (1705) Lilium rubrum (plate)

Sir Hans Sloane, Voyage (1707) West Indies Lilies, White & Red

Jacob Barrelier [1606-1673] 1714 Lilio-Narcissus Iacobaeus, phoeniceus, Indicus, polyanthos (plate)

Philip Miller (1724) Gardeners Dictionary

James Douglas (1725) Lilio Narcissus Indicus Rubeus

John Simson (1729) Amarilla

Philip Miller (1731) Gardeners Dictionary

Albertus Seba (1734) Locupletissimi ... Thesauri (figure)

Linnaeus (1738) Hortus Cliffortianus

Philip Miller (1741) The Gardeners Dictionary (abridgement)

Johannes Burman (1741) Hermann's Belladonna in Rumpf's Herbarium Amboinense (plates)

George Ehret (ca. 1744) Amaryllis spatha multiflora... Linn. h. cliff. (plate)

George Ehret (1744) Lilio-Narcissus Americanus Belladona dictus par. bat. (plate)

Peter Collinson (1746) Letter to Jakob Trew

John Hill (1751) Jamaica Amaryllis General Natural History vol.2

Philip Miller (1752) Gardeners Dictionary

Linnaeus (1753) Species Plantarum edition primum Amaryllis (with pictures)

Heister (1753) Brunsvigia, Ferrari, and Merian

Philip Miller (1754) Gardeners Dictionary (abridgement)

John Hill (1757) Eden:...Amaryllis Spatha multiflora etc. (plates)

John Hill (1758) Outlines...Amaryllis Spatha multiflora etc. (plates)

Philip Miller ([1755]-1760) Figures of Beautiful Plants...Amaryllis (plates)

Linnaeus (1759) Systema Naturae Amaryllis

Philip Miller (1759) Gardeners Dictionary Amaryllis

Seligmann Hort. Nitidissimis Amaryllis (plates)

Linnaeus (1762, 1764) Species Plantarum 2nd & 3rd Amaryllis (plates)

Petiver (1764) Gazophylacium Lilio Asphodelus Cap. fl. roseo (plate)

Linnaeus (1767) Systema Naturae ed. 12 Crinum, Amaryllis

Linnaeus (1767, 1771) Mantissa Plantarum Amaryllis Belladonna

Philip Miller (1768) Gardeners Dictionary Amaryllis

John Hill (1768) Hortus Kewensis Amaryllis Belladonna

Phillip Miller/Prof. Martyn (1771) Figures...

John Hill (1774) Amaryllis Vegetable System vol. 26

Jacob Alm (1775) Plantae Surinamensis

Fusée Aublet (1775) Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise Amaryllis Belladonna

Johann Müller's Illustration of the Sexual System (1779) (plate)

Lamarck (1783) Amaryllis punicea, rosea, striata (plates)

Linnaeus fils (1781-83) Liliacea (in part)

Sessé & Mociño (1787) Amaryllis

L'Héritier (1788) Sertum Anglicum Amaryllis

Patrick Browne (1789) History of Jamaica Amaryllis Belladonna

William Aiton (1789) Amaryllis Hortus Kewensis

Joseph Vellozo (1790) Florae Fluminensis Amaryllis Bella-dona (plates)

Johannes Gessner (1795-1804) Tabulae phytographicae Amaryllis & Crinum (plates)

Curtis (1795) Botanical Magazine Amaryllis equestris L.f. (plate)

Curtis (1799) Botanical Magazine Amaryllis reginae L.f. (plate)

Ruiz & Pavón (1802) Amaryllis miniata (compared to Amaryllis belladonna Linn.)

Curtis (1804) Botanical Magazine Amaryllis belladonna (non L) (plate)

Pierre Redoute Amaryllis equestris (plate)

Pierre Redoute Amaryllis brasiliensis (plate)

Pierre Redoute Amaryllis belladonna (non L.) (plate)

Pierre Redoute Amaryllis reginae (plate)
Apparently not Herbert's A. regium

Henry Andrews (1804) Amaryllis brasiliensis (plate)

Tussac (1818) Amaryllis equestris (plate)

Loddiges (1818) Amaryllis spectabilis (plate)

Mrs. Bury's Amaryllis equestre 1831 (plate)

Mrs. Bury's Amaryllis reginae 1831 (plate)

Mrs. Bury's Amaryllis miniata 1831 (plate)

Denisse (1843-1846) Le Trompette (plate)