Hippeastrum cybister

Hippeastrum cybister is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native from Bolivia to Argentina.[1]

Edwards's Botanical Register 1840

Hippeastrum cybister
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Amaryllidoideae
Genus:	Hippeastrum
Species:	H. cybister
Binomial name
Hippeastrum cybister (Herb.) Benth. ex Baker [1]
Synonyms
Amaryllis cybister (Herb.) Planch.[2]

Description

The stem is nineteen inches tall.[3]

Ecology

The flowering season is Spring to Summer, with dormancy during the Autumn, Winter, and part of the Spring.[3]

Taxonomy

Originally described by William Herbert, and formally named by John Gilbert Baker in 1888.[1][4][5]

Synonyms:

• Sprekelia cybister Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840. (Basionym)
• Amaryllis cybister (Herb.) Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455. 1849.
• Hippeastrum anomalum Lindl. ex Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455. 1849.
• Hippeastrum deflexum (Rusby) L.B.Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 6. 1939.
• Lepidopharynx deflexa Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 214. 1927.
• Sprekelia cybister var. brevis Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840.
• Sprekelia cybister var. subsexuncialis Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 33. 1840.[6]

References

1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Hippeastrum cybister.
2. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 455 (1849)
3. Hippeastrum cybister in Pacific Bulb Society
4. John Gilbert Baker. Handbook of the Amaryllideae 1888 (47)
5. "Hippeastrum cybister". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
6. Hippeastrum cybister in PlantList

Sources

• The Plant List (2012). "Hippeastrum cybister". Retrieved 20 March 2014.
• GBIF: Hippeastrum cybister
• Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348.