Hippeastrum machupijchense (Vargas) D.R.Hunt belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Hippeastrum
Specific Epithet
machupijchense
Authorship
(Vargas) D.R.Hunt
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#232,895 of 335,497
Top 70%
Extinction probability
30%
Location
Peru, Cusco (Jardin Botanico at Machu Picchu)
Location Remarks
South side of the bridge over Rio Urubamba, beginning of Carretera Hiram Bingham.
Collectors
No collectors specified