Eustephia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Phycella bicolor.jpg |image_caption = ''Eustephia coccinea'' |taxon = Eustephia |authority = Cav.<ref>Antonio José Cavanilles. 1795. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 3:20.</ref> |type_species = ''Eustephia coccinea'' |type_species_authority = Cav.<ref name = "Tropicos" /> }}

'''''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.<ref name=u>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=305952 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>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</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007553 Tropicos, ''Eustephia'' Cav.]</ref><ref>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</ref>

==Description== ===Vegetative characteristics=== ''Eustephia'' are bulbous plants with linear leaves.<ref name = "PBS">''Eustephia''. (n.d.). Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved December 15, 2024, from https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Eustephia</ref> ===Generative characteristics=== The pendent to declinate, tubular flowers display green colouration towards the tip.<ref name = "Meerow & Snijman, 1998">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.</ref>

==Cytology== The chromosome count is 2n = 46.<ref name = "Meerow & Snijman, 1998" />

==Taxonomy== It was published by Antonio José Cavanilles in 1795 with ''Eustephia coccinea'' {{small|Cav.}} as the type species.<ref name = "Tropicos">Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). ''Eustephia'' Cav. Tropicos. Retrieved December 15, 2024, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40007553</ref> ===Species=== ;<nowiki>The genus has the following species:</nowiki><ref name=u/><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Eustephia The Plant List search for ''Eustephia'']</ref> {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''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) }}

;formerly included<ref name=u/> 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 {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''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:Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles Category:Plants described in 1795