Hippeastrum cybister

Hippeastrum cybister
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Genus:	Hippeastrum
Species:	H. cybister
Binomial name
Hippeastrum cybister (Herb.) Benth. ex Baker [1]
Synonyms
Amaryllis cybister (Herb.) Planch.[2]

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

Edwards's Botanical Register 1840

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

Sources

• The Plant List (2012). "Hippeastrum cybister". Retrieved 20 March 2014. 
• GBIF: Hippeastrum cybister
• Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348.

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