Amaryllis formosissima Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 293. 1753.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 2333.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 416.4 (LINN); [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 195, t. 162, f. 196. 1732; [icon] in Linnaeus in Kongl. Swenska Wetensk. Acad. Handl. 3: 93, t. 6. 1742; [icon] in Rudbeck, Campi Elysii 2: 89, f. 10. 1701.

Current name: Sprekelia formosissima (L.) Herb. ( Liliaceae / Amaryllidaceae).