Hippeastrum cybister

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Hippeastrum cybister
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species:
H. cybister
Binomial name
Hippeastrum cybister
(
Benth. ex Baker[1]
Synonyms

Amaryllis cybister (Herb.) Planch.[2]

Hippeastrum cybister is a

herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native from Bolivia to Argentina.[1]

Edwards's Botanical Register
1840

Description

The stem is nineteen inches tall.[3]

Ecology

The flowering season is Spring to Summer, with dormancy during the Autumn, Winter, and part of the Spring.[3]

Taxonomy

Originally described by William Herbert, and formally named by John Gilbert Baker in 1888.[1][4][5]

Synonyms:

  • Sprekelia cybister Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840. (Basionym)
  • Amaryllis cybister (Herb.)
    Planch.
    , Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455. 1849.
  • Hippeastrum anomalum
    Lindl.
    ex Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455. 1849.
  • Hippeastrum deflexum (
    L.B.Sm.
    , Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 6. 1939.
  • Lepidopharynx deflexa Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 214. 1927.
  • Sprekelia cybister var. brevis Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840.
  • Sprekelia cybister var. subsexuncialis Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum cybister.
  2. ^ Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455 (1849)
  3. ^ a b Hippeastrum cybister in Pacific Bulb Society
  4. ^ John Gilbert Baker. Handbook of the Amaryllideae 1888 (47)
  5. ^ "Hippeastrum cybister". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  6. ^ Hippeastrum cybister in PlantList

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