Eithea

Eithea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Eithea
Ravenna
Species: E. blumenavia
Binomial name
Eithea blumenavia
(K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ex Carrière) Ravenna
Synonyms[1]
  • Griffinia blumenavia K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ex Carrière
  • Amaryllis blumenavia (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ex Carrière) Traub
  • Hippeastrum blumenavia (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ex Carrière) Sealy
  • Hippeastrum iguapense R.Wagner
  • Amaryllis iguapensis (R.Wagner) Traub & Uphof

Eithea is a plant genus in the Amaryllis family, endemic to southern Brazil. It contains only one known species: Eithea blumenavia, native to the States of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Griffinia blumenavia K. Koch & C.D. Bouché ex Carrière
  3. ↑ Ravenna, Pedro Felix. 2002. Botanica Australis 1: 4.
  4. ↑ Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  5. ↑ Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.