How many kinds of amaryllis plants are there?
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Several fragrant, showy-blossomed species are commonly called amaryllis: the true amaryllis ( Amaryllis belladonna ), or belladonna lily, of S Africa, and the more frequently cultivated tropical American species of Sprekelia, Lycoris, and especially Hippeastrum (e.g., the Barbados lily). The large Narcissus genus, including jonquils and daffodils, is native chiefly to the Mediterranean region, but it has been naturalized and is now widespread in the United States. Although the common names are sometimes used interchangeably, strictly the daffodil is the yellow N. pseudo-narcissus, with a long, trumpet-shaped central corona; the jonquil is the yellow N. jonquilla, with a short corona; and the narcissus is any of several usually white-flowered species, e.g., the poet's narcissus ( N. poetica ) with a red rim on the corona. The biblical rose of Sharon may have been a narcissus. Among many others that have become naturalized and are cultivated in Europe and North America are the snowdrops (any species of Galanthus ), small early-blooming plants of the Old World whose flowers are symbolic of consolation and of promise; and the tuberose ( Polianthes tuberosa ), a waxy-flowered Mexican plant.
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