× Amarygia

× Amarygia is an artificial hybrid genus of the genera Amaryllis and Brunsvigia.

Description

The flowers usually show a closer resemblance to Amaryllis than to Brunsvigia.

History

According to botanist Max Bourke the species was first crossbred by John Bidwell, that was undescribed. Bourke proposes the name for the species as "× Amarygia," and the subspecies "× Amarygia parkeri" with Amarygia standing for ameliae.

Characteristics

The species is unable to reproduce with Atropa bella-donna or closely related pollen strains. The flowers have a pitcher like appearance and tilt downward. Seeds in the species start out yellow and then progressively become red over time before hatching.

Taxonomy

It was published by Raffaele Ciferri and Valerio Giacomini in 1950.

Species

It has two species:

× Amarygia bidwillii
× Amarygia parkeri