Eustephia

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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

The chromosome count is 2n = 46.

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=

;The genus has the following species:[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Eustephia The Plant List search for Eustephia]

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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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