Eustephia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Phycella bicolor.jpg
|image_caption = Eustephia coccinea
|taxon = Eustephia
|authority = Cav.Antonio José Cavanilles. 1795. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 3:20.
|type_species = Eustephia coccinea
|type_species_authority = Cav.
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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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=305952 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[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007553 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
Description
=Vegetative characteristics=
Eustephia are bulbous plants with linear leaves.Eustephia. (n.d.). Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved December 15, 2024, from https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Eustephia
=Generative characteristics=
The pendent to declinate, tubular flowers display green colouration towards the tip.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.
Cytology
Taxonomy
It was published by Antonio José Cavanilles in 1795 with Eustephia coccinea {{small|Cav.}} as the type species.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). Eustephia Cav. Tropicos. Retrieved December 15, 2024, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40007553
=Species=
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- 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)
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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
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- 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
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Category:Amaryllidaceae genera
Category:Flora of Southern America