# Eustephia

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Phycella bicolor.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Eustephia coccinea](/source/Eustephia_coccinea)''
|taxon = Eustephia
|authority = [Cav](/source/Antonio_Jos%C3%A9_Cavanilles).<ref>Antonio José Cavanilles. 1795. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 3:20.</ref>
|type_species =  ''[Eustephia coccinea](/source/Eustephia_coccinea)'' 
|type_species_authority = [Cav](/source/Antonio_Jos%C3%A9_Cavanilles).<ref name = "Tropicos" />
}}

'''''Eustephia''''' is a genus of [South America](/source/South_America)n plants in the [Amaryllis family](/source/Amaryllidaceae). All 6 known species are native to [Peru](/source/Peru), with the range of one species extending also into [Bolivia](/source/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](/source/Antonio_Jos%C3%A9_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>
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*''[Eustephia armifera](/source/Eustephia_armifera)'' <small>J.F.Macbr.</small> - [Peru](/source/Peru) ([Cusco](/source/Cusco_Region))
*''[Eustephia coccinea](/source/Eustephia_coccinea)'' <small>Cav.</small> - [Peru](/source/Peru) ([Cusco](/source/Cusco_Region), [Huánuco](/source/Hu%C3%A1nuco_Region), [Junin](/source/Jun%C3%ADn_Region)), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia) ([La Paz](/source/La_Paz_Department_(Bolivia)))
*''[Eustephia darwinii](/source/Eustephia_darwinii)'' <small>Vargas</small> - [Peru](/source/Peru) ([Cusco](/source/Cusco_Region))
*''[Eustephia hugoei](/source/Eustephia_hugoei)'' <small>Vargas</small> - [Peru](/source/Peru) ([Junin](/source/Jun%C3%ADn_Region))
*''[Eustephia kawidei](/source/Eustephia_kawidei)'' <small>Vargas</small> - [Peru](/source/Peru) ([Cusco](/source/Cusco_Region))
*''[Eustephia longibracteata](/source/Eustephia_longibracteata)'' <small>Vargas</small> - [Peru](/source/Peru) ([Puno](/source/Puno_Region))
}}

;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](/source/Hieronymiella)'' or ''[Phycella](/source/Phycella)''). Here are links to help you find appropriate information
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* ''Eustephia argentina - [Hieronymiella argentina](/source/Hieronymiella_argentina)'' 
* ''Eustephia brevituba - [Phycella brevituba](/source/Phycella_brevituba)''  
* ''Eustephia corusca - [Phycella cyrtanthoides](/source/Phycella_cyrtanthoides)''  
* ''Eustephia cyrtanthoides - [Phycella cyrtanthoides](/source/Phycella_cyrtanthoides)''  
* ''Eustephia herbertiana - [Phycella herbertiana](/source/Phycella_herbertiana)''  
* ''Eustephia ignea - [Phycella cyrtanthoides](/source/Phycella_cyrtanthoides)''  
* ''Eustephia latifolia - [Hieronymiella argentina](/source/Hieronymiella_argentina)'' 
* ''Eustephia marginata - [Hieronymiella argentina](/source/Hieronymiella_argentina)'' 
* ''Eustephia pamiana - [Hieronymiella pamiana](/source/Hieronymiella_pamiana)''  
* ''Eustephia speciosa - [Hieronymiella speciosa](/source/Hieronymiella_speciosa)''
}}

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Category:Amaryllidaceae genera
Category:Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles
Category:Plants described in 1795

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