| Hieronymiella | |
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| Hieronymiella argentina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Tribe: | Eustephieae |
| Genus: | Hieronymiella Pax |
| Type species | |
| Hieronymiella clidanthoides Pax | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hieronymiella is a genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family. It is native to Bolivia, north-western Argentina, and southern Peru.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Hieronymiella are perennial bulbous plants with strap-shaped leaves.
Generative characteristics
The white, purple, yellow, or pink, sometimes fragrant flowers have an elongate, funnel shaped perigone. The flowers have a conspicuous corona with six lobes.
Cytology
Various diploid chromosome counts have been observed: 2n = 42, 54, 56, 60.
Taxonomy
It was first published by Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858-1942) in 1889 with Hieronymiella clidanthoides Pax as the type species. It is named in honour of Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846 - 1921).
Species
There are 10 species recognised:
- Hieronymiella angustissima Ravenna - Jujuy
- Hieronymiella argentina (Pax) Hunz. & S.C.Arroyo - Argentina, Bolivia
- Hieronymiella aurea Ravenna - Salta
- Hieronymiella bedelarii R.Lara & Huaylla
- Hieronymiella cachiensis Ravenna - Salta
- Hieronymiella caletensis Ravenna - Jujuy
- Hieronymiella cardenasii (Traub) R.Lara
- Hieronymiella clidanthoides Pax. - northwestern Argentina from Salta to Mendoza
- Hieronymiella pamiana (Stapf) Hunz. - Tucumán
- Hieronymiella speciosa (R.E.Fr.) Hunz. - Jujuy, Salta
Additionally, Hieronymiella peruviana Huaylla, Slanis & Llalla was described from Moquegua, southern Peru.
References
- ^ Pax, F. A. (1890). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Amaryllidaceae. Botanische Jahrbücher Fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte Und Pflanzengeographie, 11(2), 318–337.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
- 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.
- ^ Huaylla, H., Slanis, A. C., & Llalla-Cordova, O. (2024). HIERONYMIELLA PERUVIANA (AMARYLLIDACEAE, AMARYLLIDOIDEAE, EUSTEPHIEAE): A NEW SPECIES AND FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS FOR THE FLORA OF PERU. Darwiniana, nueva serie, 12(1), 136-152.
- Genus: Hieronymiella. (n.d.). Alpine Garden Society. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Hieronymiella
- ^ 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.
- Hieronymiella | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved June 8, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/297584-2
- ^ "Hieronymiella Pax". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). Hieronymiella Pax. Tropicos. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://tropicos.org/name/40025962
- 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
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| Hieronymiella | |
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| Androstephanos | |
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