Hieronymiella

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Hieronymiella
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Hieronymiella argentina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Eustephieae
Genus: Hieronymiella
Pax [1]
Type species
Hieronymiella clidanthoides
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It is endemic to Argentina and Bolivia [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • EustephiopsisR.E.Fr.
  • AndrostephanosFern.Casas

Hieronymiella is a genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family. It is native to Bolivia and north-western Argentina. [1] [3] [4]

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Description

The flowers have an elongate, funnel shaped perigone. [1]

Taxonomy

It was first published by Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858-1942) in 1889 [5] [2] and is named in honour of Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846 - 1921). [1] [6]

There are 10 species recognised: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1890. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 11: 327
  2. 1 2 3 "Hieronymiella Pax". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
  4. 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.
  5. Hieronymiella | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved June 8, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/297584-2
  6. Burkhardt L. 2018: Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée. – Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. doi: https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018