Hippeastrum cybister

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Hippeastrum cybister
File:Hippeastrum cybister (as Amaryllis cybister ) 5.455.jpg
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
Synonyms

Amaryllis cybister (Herb.) Planch.[2]

Hippeastrum cybister is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native from Bolivia to Argentina.[1]

File:Hippeastrum cybister (as Sprekelia cybister) 26.33.jpg
Edwards's Botanical Register 1840
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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 (Rusby) 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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum cybister.
  2. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455 (1849)
  3. 3.0 3.1 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

Sources