Zephyranthes subg. Myostemma

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Zephyranthes subg. Myostemma
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Flowering Zephyranthes phycelloides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Zephyranthes
Subgenus: Zephyranthes subg. Myostemma
(Salisb.) Nic.García [1]
Type species
Zephyranthes advena (Ker Gawl.) Nic.García [2]
Species

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Synonyms [3]
  • Myostemma Salisb.
  • Famatina Ravenna
  • Bathya Ravenna

Zephyranthes subg. Myostemma is a subgenus of the genus Zephyranthes . [4] [3]

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Description

Zephyranthes bagnoldii flowering in its natural habitat Zephyranthes (Rhodophiala) bagnoldii (Herb.) Nic.Garcia.jpg
Zephyranthes bagnoldii flowering in its natural habitat

Vegetative characteristics

Zephyranthes subg. Myostemma are bulbous, 5–50 cm tall plants with ovoid to globose bulbs. [3]

Generative characteristics

The pseudo-umbellate inflorescence bears 1–8 pedicellate, zygomorphic flowers. [3]

Cytology

Various chromosome counts have been observed: 2n = 18, 36, 54, 72. [3]

Taxonomy

It was first published as MyostemmaSalisb. by Richard Anthony Salisbury in 1866 [5] [6] with Myostemma advena(Ker Gawl.) Ravenna as the type species. [2] It was merged into the genus ZephyranthesHerb. as Zephyranthes subg. Myostemma(Salisb.) Nic. García by Nicolás García Berguecio in 2019. [3] [7] [1]

Species

It has about 17 species: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-ap). Zephyranthes subg. Myostemma (Salisb.) Nic. García. Tropicos. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/100496098
  2. 1 2 Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-y). Myostemma Salisb. Tropicos. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40024220
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 García, N., Meerow, A. W., Arroyo‐Leuenberger, S., Oliveira, R. S., Dutilh, J. H., Soltis, P. S., & Judd, W. S. (2019). Generic classification of Amaryllidaceae tribe Hippeastreae. Taxon, 68(3), 481-498.
  4. 1 2 Contreras-Díaz, R., Arias-Aburto, M., & van den Brink, L. (2022). Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Zephyranthes phycelloides (Amaryllidaceae, tribe Hippeastreae) from Atacama region of Chile. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 29(1), 650-659.
  5. ↑ Salisbury, R. A. (1866). The genera of plants (p. 135). J. Van Voorst. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10900770
  6. ↑ Myostemma Salisb. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/1554-1
  7. ↑ Zephyranthes subgen. Myostemma (Salisb.) Nic.García. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77203267-1
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