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Naked Ladies

Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Amaryllis

Crazily enough, the flowers typically called amaryllis in the US are not actually amaryllis. They are in the genus Hippeastrum.

> Other the other hand, the flowers typically called "naked ladies" are in the genus Amaryllis.

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Related pages

+ Flowers

Other Asparagales
+ Orchidaceae: orchids
+ Orchidaceae: vanilla
+ Iridaceae: Sisyrichium - blue-eyed grass
+ Iridaceae: Fortnight lily Dietes iridioides
+ Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllis
+ Amaryllidaceae: Daffodils

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Modified: December 25, 2014
Created: December 25, 2014 (from amaryllis.html - see above)
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