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Are the spider lilly and the cluster amaryllis(higanbana) the same flower or just similar looking?

April 26, 2017amaryllis Botany cluster flower lilly Mathematics similar Spider

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Are the spider lilly and the cluster amaryllis(higanbana) the same flower or just similar looking?

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The red spider lily and the cluster amaryllis are identic plants! The nomenclature of these names is a bit complicating, because spider lily is not a species of Liliaceae ( Lily family ), but an Amaryllidaceae ( Amaryllis family ): Scientific name of spider lily is Hymenocallis caribaea http://cms.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/pla… Higanbana is the red spider lily, Lycoris radiata The english common name “cluster amaryllis” is – after botanical aspects – the correct one. See also “Note on the English name” in this plant profile http://imaginatorium.org/sano/higanb.