title: Hippeastrum ferreyrae
text: # Hippeastrum ferreyrae
  
  Hippeastrum ferreyrae is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Peru.
  
  ## Description
  
  Hippeastrum ferreyrae is considered an endangered species according to the IUCN (1997).
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  The species was first described and named by Hamilton Paul Traub in 1950 as Amaryllis ferreyrae. It was transferred to the genus Hippeastrum by Roy Emile Gereau and Lois Brako in 1993.
  
  