Eustephia is a genus of South American plants in the Amaryllis family. All 6 known species are native to Peru, with the range of one species extending also into Bolivia.[3][4][5][6]
| Eustephia | |
|---|---|
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| Eustephia coccinea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Tribe: | Eustephieae |
| Genus: | Eustephia Cav.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Eustephia coccinea | |
Description
editVegetative characteristics
editEustephia are bulbous plants with linear leaves.[7]
Generative characteristics
editThe pendent to declinate, tubular flowers display green colouration towards the tip.[8]
Cytology
editThe chromosome count is 2n = 46.[8]
Taxonomy
editIt was published by Antonio José Cavanilles in 1795 with Eustephia coccinea Cav. as the type species.[2]
Species
edit- Eustephia armifera J.F.Macbr. - Peru (Cusco)
- Eustephia coccinea Cav. - Peru (Cusco, Huánuco, Junin), Bolivia (La Paz)
- Eustephia darwinii Vargas - Peru (Cusco)
- Eustephia hugoei Vargas - Peru (Junin)
- Eustephia kawidei Vargas - Peru (Cusco)
- Eustephia longibracteata Vargas - Peru (Puno)
- formerly included[3]
Several names have been coined using the name Eustephia but referring to species now considered better suited to other genera (Hieronymiella or Phycella). Here are links to help you find appropriate information
- Eustephia argentina - Hieronymiella argentina
- Eustephia brevituba - Phycella brevituba
- Eustephia corusca - Phycella cyrtanthoides
- Eustephia cyrtanthoides - Phycella cyrtanthoides
- Eustephia herbertiana - Phycella herbertiana
- Eustephia ignea - Phycella cyrtanthoides
- Eustephia latifolia - Hieronymiella argentina
- Eustephia marginata - Hieronymiella argentina
- Eustephia pamiana - Hieronymiella pamiana
- Eustephia speciosa - Hieronymiella speciosa
References
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- ^ Antonio José Cavanilles. 1795. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 3:20.
- ^ a b Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). Eustephia Cav. Tropicos. Retrieved December 15, 2024, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40007553
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
- ^ Tropicos, Eustephia Cav.
- ^ Macbride, J. F. 1936. Amaryllidaceae. 13(1/3): 631–690. In J. F. Macbride (ed.) Fl. Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. Field Museum, Chicago
- ^ Eustephia. (n.d.). Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved December 15, 2024, from https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Eustephia
- ^ a b Meerow, A.W., Snijman, D.A. (1998). Amaryllidaceae. In: Kubitzki, K. (eds) Flowering Plants · Monocotyledons. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
- ^ The Plant List search for Eustephia