Amaryllis belladonna, also known as the Jersey lily, is a plant species native to South Africa but widely cultivated as an ornamental. It has been naturalized in many places around the world, including parts of Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. This perennial bulbous geophyte produces fragrant pink flowers on a leafless stem in late summer, before its narrow strap-shaped leaves appear. The plant is pollinated by hawk moths and carpenter bees, and its seeds are dispersed through wind dispersal. All parts of the plant are toxic to humans and animals, containing alkaloids that can cause vomiting and diarrhea. Amaryllis bulbs are easy to cultivate and require little watering, making them drought tolerant. They have also been found to have medicinal properties, with compounds that can fight against malaria.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Callicore rosea	Link	Handbuch 1: 193 (1829)
Coburgia belladonna	Herb.	Bot. Mag. 47: sub tt. 2113, 2114. 1819
Coburgia blanda	Herb.	Bot. Mag. 47: sub tt. 2113, 2114. 1819
Coburgia pallida	Herb.	Trans. Hort. Soc. London 4: 181 (1821)
Coburgia pudica	Herb.	Bot. Mag. 47: sub tt. 2113, 2114. 1819
Coburgia rosea	(Lam.) Gouws	Pl. Life 5: 64 (1949)
Imhofia rosea	Salisb.	Gen. Pl. : 118 (1866)
Leopoldia belladonna	(L.) M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 129. 1847 May-Oct 1847
Zephyranthes pudica	D.Dietr.	Syn. Pl. 2: 1176 (1840)
Amaryllis blanda	Ker Gawl.	Bot. Mag. 35: t. 1450 (1812)
Amaryllis longipetala	Lem.	Ill. Hort. 13(Misc.): 78 (1866)
Amaryllis obliqua	L.f. ex Savage	Herbertia 4: 98 (1937)
Amaryllis pallida	Redouté	Liliac. 8: t. 479 (1815)
Amaryllis pudica	Ker Gawl.	J. Sci. Arts (London) 2: 348 (1817)
Amaryllis regalis	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 232 (1796)
Amaryllis rosea	Lam.	Encycl. 1: 122 (1783)
Belladonna blanda	Sweet	Hort. Brit. , ed. 2: 506 (1830)
Belladonna pallida	Sweet	Hort. Brit. , ed. 2: 506 (1830)
Belladonna pudica	Sweet	Hort. Brit. , ed. 2: 506 (1830)
Belladonna purpurascens	Sweet	Hort. Brit. , ed. 2: 506 (1830)
Brunsvigia blanda	(Ker Gawl.) L.S.Hannibal	Herbertia 9: 146 (1943)
Brunsvigia major	Traub	Pl. Life 19: 59 (1963)
Brunsvigia rosea	(Lam.) L.S.Hannibal	Herbertia 9: 101 (1943)
Brunsvigia rosea var. blanda	(Ker Gawl.) Traub	Pl. Life 16: ?. 1960
Brunsvigia rosea var. elata	L.S.Hannibal	Herbertia 10: 63. 1943
Brunsvigia rosea var. longipetala	(Lem.) Traub	Pl. Life 6: 61. 1950
Brunsvigia rosea var. major	L.S.Hannibal	Herbertia 10: 64. 1943
Brunsvigia rosea var. minor	L.S.Hannibal	Herbertia 10: 65. 1943
Brunsvigia rosea var. pallida	(Delile) L.S.Hannibal	Herbertia 10: 63 1943
Brunsvigia rosea var. pudica	(Ker Gawl.) L.S.Hannibal	Herbertia 10: 63. 1943
Brunsvigia rosea	Hann.

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	belladonna lily
English	march lily
English	jersey lily
Spanish	la suegra y la nuera
Spanish	azucena de san miguel
Spanish	azucena de santa paula
Afrikaans	belladonnalelie
Afrikaans	maartlelie
Arabic	حشيشة الحمراء
Arabic	أمارلس ست الحسن
cv	Амариллис белладонна
Welsh	lili jersey
Danish	belladonnalilje
dag	paɣaviɛligakushihikom
German	echte amaryllis
German	belladonnalilie
Persian	آماریلیس بلادونا
Finnish	aitoamaryllis
Upper Sorbian	prawa amarylis
Cornish	arlodhesow noth
Malayalam	അമരില്ലിസ് ബെല്ലഡോണ
Malayalam	ജേഴ്സി ലില്ലി, ബെല്ലഡോണ-ലില്ലി, നേക്കെഡ്-ലേഡി-ലില്ലി, മാർച്ച് ലില്ലി
Dutch	belladonnalelie
Polish	amarylis nadobny
Polish	amarylis piękny
Polish	lilia narcyzia
Portuguese	beladona-falsa
Russian	Амариллис белладонна
Chinese	南非孤挺花
Chinese	孤挺花

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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Africa click to expand
- Macaronesia
  - Azores
  - Canary Islands
  - Madeira
- Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - Ascension
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Tunisia
- Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Zaïre

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - New South Wales
  - South Australia
  - Western Australia
- New Zealand
  - New Zealand North
  - New Zealand South

Europe click to expand
- Northern Europe
  - Great Britain
- Southwestern Europe
  - Corse
  - Portugal

Northern America click to expand
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Louisiana
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California

Southern America click to expand
- Caribbean
  - Cuba
  - Dominican Republic
  - Haiti
- Southern South America
  - Juan Fernández Islands

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000759455
UNII	11B89M58UN
USDA Plants	AMBE3
Tropicos	1200004
INPN	82060
Flora of Italy	6978
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62705-1
The Plant List	kew-298570
Open Tree Of Life	655586
NCBI Taxonomy	51432
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000034330
IPNI	62705-1
iNaturalist	61827
GBIF	5325855
Freebase	/m/0105lysp
EPPO	AMYBE
EOL	1085758
Calflora (Californian flora)	8632
USDA GRIN	2815
Wikipedia	Amaryllis_belladonna
Nature Serve	2.159671

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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The complete chloroplast genome of Eremurus zoae Vved. (Asphodelaceae), an endemic species of Kyrgyz Republic

Jang JE, Jeong HJ, Kim AL, Choi YR, Lazkov GA, Jang CG, Choi HJ, Gil HY

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour

03-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC10993749
doi:	10.1080/23802359.2024.2336003
PMID:	38586509

Benzoindolizidine Alkaloids Tylophorine and Lycorine and Their Analogues with Antiviral, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anticancer Properties: Promises and Challenges

Di Sotto A, Valipour M, Azari A, Di Giacomo S, Irannejad H

Biomedicines

24-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10603990
doi:	10.3390/biomedicines11102619
PMID:	37892993

In vitro and in silico analysis of Solanum torvum fruit and methyl caffeate interaction with cholinesterases

Aljabri M, Alharbi K, Alonazi M

Saudi J Biol Sci

20-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10558794
doi:	10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103815
PMID:	37811479

Evaluation of Anticancer Activity of 76 Plant Species Collected in Andalusia (Spain) against Lung Cancer Cells

Jiménez-González V, Benítez G, Pastor JE, López-Lázaro M, Calderón-Montaño JM

Plants (Basel)

15-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10536323
doi:	10.3390/plants12183275
PMID:	37765439

The Cryopreservation of Medicinal and Ornamental Geophytes: Application and Challenges

El Merzougui S, Benelli C, El Boullani R, Serghini MA

Plants (Basel)

29-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10255897
doi:	10.3390/plants12112143
PMID:	37299120

Toxicity of House Plants to Pet Animals

Siroka Z

Toxins (Basel)

19-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10220692
doi:	10.3390/toxins15050346
PMID:	37235380

Advances on the Amaryllidacea Alkaloids Collected in South Africa, Andean South America and the Mediterranean Basin

Evidente A

Molecules

12-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10224442
doi:	10.3390/molecules28104055
PMID:	37241796

Antileishmanial Activity of Clinanthus milagroanthus S. Leiva & Meerow (Amaryllidaceae) Collected in Peru

Soto-Vásquez MR, Alvarado-García PA, Osorio EH, Tallini LR, Bastida J

Plants (Basel)

10-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9866881
doi:	10.3390/plants12020322
PMID:	36679035

Stomata in Close Contact: The Case of Pancratium maritimum L. (Amaryllidaceae)

Saridis P, Georgiadou X, Shtein I, Pouris J, Panteris E, Rhizopoulou S, Constantinidis T, Giannoutsou E, Adamakis ID

Plants (Basel)

05-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9740904
doi:	10.3390/plants11233377
PMID:	36501416

Biological Investigation of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid Extracts from the Bulbs of Pancratium trianthum Collected in the Senegalese Flora

Ka S, Mérindol N, Seck I, Ricard S, Diop A, Boye CS, Landelouci K, Daoust B, Berthoux L, Pépin G, Seck M, Desgagné-Penix I

Molecules

05-Dec-2021

PMCID:	PMC8659059
doi:	10.3390/molecules26237382
PMID:	34885964

ROS-induced oxidative stress in plant cryopreservation: occurrence and alleviation

Ren L, Wang MR, Wang QC

Planta

20-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8605965
doi:	10.1007/s00425-021-03784-0
PMID:	34800184

The complete plastome of the South African species, Amaryllis belladonna L. (Amaryllidaceae)

Dennehy Z, Bilsborrow J, Culham A, David J, Könyves K

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour

12-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8592595
doi:	10.1080/23802359.2021.1997121
PMID:	34790872

Amaryllidaceae plants: a potential natural resource for the treatment of Chagas disease

Martínez-Peinado N, Cortes-Serra N, Tallini LR, Pinazo MJ, Gascon J, Bastida J, Alonso-Padilla J

Parasit Vectors

26-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8235838
doi:	10.1186/s13071-021-04837-9
PMID:	34174959

Pollen sterols are associated with phylogeny and environment but not with pollinator guilds

Zu P, Koch H, Schwery O, Pironon S, Phillips C, Ondo I, Farrell IW, Nes WD, Moore E, Wright GA, Farman DI, Stevenson PC

New Phytol

15-Feb-2021

PMCID:	PMC8653887
doi:	10.1111/nph.17227
PMID:	33484583

Neuroprotective Activities of Boophone haemanthoides (Amaryllidaceae) Extract and Its Chemical Constituents

Ibrakaw AS, Omoruyi SI, Ekpo OE, Hussein AA

Molecules

17-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC7698425
doi:	10.3390/molecules25225376
PMID:	33212961

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives
Pancracine	443688	Click to see C1C(C(C=C2C1N3CC2C4=CC5=C(C=C4C3)OCO5)O)O	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Amaryllidaceae alkaloids / Crinine- and Haemanthamine-type amaryllidaceae alkaloids
1,2-Didehydrocrinan-3-ol	101727	Click to see C1CN2CC3=CC4=C(C=C3C15C2CC(C=C5)O)OCO4	271.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
11-Hydroxyvittatine	70682698	Click to see C1C(C=CC23C1N(CC2O)CC4=CC5=C(C=C34)OCO5)O	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
9,15-Dimethoxy-5,7,17-trioxa-12-azahexacyclo[10.6.2.01,13.02,10.04,8.016,18]icosa-2,4(8),9-triene	271606	Click to see COC1CC2C3(CCN2CC4=C(C5=C(C=C43)OCO5)OC)C6C1O6	331.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50035A007
Ambelline	25092366	Click to see COC1CC2C3(C=C1)C(CN2CC4=C(C5=C(C=C34)OCO5)OC)O	331.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19560890910 https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50035A007
Amberline	494154	Click to see COC1CC2C3(C=C1)C(CN2CC4=C(C5=C(C=C34)OCO5)OC)O	331.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19560890910
Crinan-12-ol, 1,2-didehydro-3alpha,7-dimethoxy-	441585	Click to see COC1CC2C3(C=C1)C(CN2CC4=C(C5=C(C=C34)OCO5)OC)O	331.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50035A007
Undulatin	3083985	Click to see COC1CC2C3(CCN2CC4=C(C5=C(C=C43)OCO5)OC)C6C1O6	331.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50035A007
Vittatine	443693	Click to see C1CN2CC3=CC4=C(C=C3C15C2CC(C=C5)O)OCO4	271.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
Vittatine, 11-hydroxy-	602595	Click to see C1C(C=CC23C1N(CC2O)CC4=CC5=C(C=C34)OCO5)O	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Amaryllidaceae alkaloids / Homolycorine-type amaryllidaceae alkaloids
Hippeastrine	441594	Click to see CN1CCC2=CC(C3C(C21)C4=CC5=C(C=C4C(=O)O3)OCO5)O	315.32	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
Hippeastrine (Hydrobromide)	580552	Click to see CN1CCC2=CC(C3C(C21)C4=CC5=C(C=C4C(=O)O3)OCO5)O	315.32	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Amaryllidaceae alkaloids / Lycorine-type amaryllidaceae alkaloids
(1R,15R,18R,19R)-17-methoxy-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.6.1.02,10.04,8.015,19]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraen-18-ol	139191623	Click to see COC1=CC2CCN3C2C(C1O)C4=CC5=C(C=C4C3)OCO5	301.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
17-Methoxy-5,7-dioxa-12-azapentacyclo[10.6.1.02,10.04,8.015,19]nonadeca-2,4(8),9,16-tetraen-18-ol	85093932	Click to see COC1=CC2CCN3C2C(C1O)C4=CC5=C(C=C4C3)OCO5	301.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
Acetyl-caranine	614745	Click to see CC(=O)OC1CC=C2CCN3C2C1C4=CC5=C(C=C4C3)OCO5	313.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50035A007
Acetylcaranine	258956	Click to see CC(=O)OC1CC=C2CCN3C2C1C4=CC5=C(C=C4C3)OCO5	313.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50035A007
Amarbellisine	10017737	Click to see COC1=CC2CCN3C2C(C1O)C4=CC5=C(C=C4C3)OCO5	301.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
Lycorine	72378	Click to see C1CN2CC3=CC4=C(C=C3C5C2C1=CC(C5O)O)OCO4	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8741(80)81014-2
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzazepines
Hippagine	625481	Click to see C1C(C(C=C2C1N3CC2C4=CC5=C(C=C4C3)OCO5)O)O	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.03.020
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Benzoquinolines / Phenanthridines and derivatives
4,5-Dihydro[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-j]pyrrolo[3,2,1-de]phenanthridinium	181303	Click to see C1C[N+]2=CC3=CC4=C(C=C3C5=CC=CC1=C52)OCO4	250.27	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50035A007
5,6,12-Trimethoxy-9-azatetracyclo[7.5.2.01,10.02,7]hexadeca-2,4,6,13-tetraen-4-ol	4480704	Click to see COC1CC2C3(CCN2CC4=C(C(=C(C=C43)O)OC)OC)C=C1	317.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JA01076A047
Anhydrolycorinone	321920	Click to see C1CN2C3=C1C=CC=C3C4=CC5=C(C=C4C2=O)OCO5	265.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/ARDP.19823150906
CID 441584	441584	Click to see COC1CC2C3(CCN2CC4=C(C(=C(C=C43)O)OC)OC)C=C1	317.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JA01076A047

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Amaryllis belladonna

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