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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
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]

Edwards's Botanical Register 1840

Description

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The stem is nineteen inches tall.[3]

Ecology

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

Taxonomy

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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

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  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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