Hieronymiella

Genus of flowering plants

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

Hieronymiella is a genus of South American flowering plants in the Amaryllis family. It is native to Bolivia and northwest Argentina.[1][3][4]

Description

Generative characteristics

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

Taconomy

Publication

It was first published by Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858-1942) in 1889.[5][2]

Recognized species

It consists of 10 species:[2]

  • 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

Tribe

It is placed in the tribe Eustephieae.[6]

Etymology

The genus is named in honour of Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846 - 1921).[1][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1890. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 11: 327
  2. ^ a b c "Hieronymiella Pax". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ Hieronymiella | Pacific Bulb Society. (n.d.). Retrieved June 8, 2024, from https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Hieronymiella
  7. ^ 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
Taxon identifiers
Hieronymiella


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