''Zephyranthes'' subg. ''Myostemma'' is a

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Zephyranthes ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in ...

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Description

Vegetative characteristics

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

Generative characteristics

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

Cytology

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

Taxonomy

It was first published as ''Myostemma'' by

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in 1866Salisbury, R. A. (1866). The genera of plants (p. 135). J. Van Voorst. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10900770''Myostemma'' Salisb. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/1554-1 with ''Myostemma advena'' as the type species.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-y). ''Myostemma'' Salisb. Tropicos. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40024220 It was merged into the genus ''Zephyranthes'' as ''Zephyranthes'' subg. ''Myostemma'' by

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in 2019.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.''Zephyranthes'' subgen. ''Myostemma'' (Salisb.) Nic.García. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77203267-1Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-ap). ''Zephyranthes'' subg. ''Myostemma'' (Salisb.) Nic. García. Tropicos. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/100496098

Species

It has about 17 species: *'' Zephyranthes advena'' *'' Zephyranthes ananuca'' *'' Zephyranthes araucana'' *'' Zephyranthes bagnoldii'' *'' Zephyranthes berteroana'' *''

Zephyranthes capitata ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in ...

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Zephyranthes cisandina ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which now ...

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Zephyranthes cuyana ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which now ...

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Zephyranthes elwesii ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which now ...

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Zephyranthes laeta ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which now ...

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Zephyranthes maculata ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which now ...

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Zephyranthes moelleri ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which now ...

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Zephyranthes monantha ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which now ...

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Zephyranthes montana ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which now ...

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Zephyranthes philippiana ''Zephyranthes'' is a genus of temperate and tropical bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, native to the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals. Following the expansion of the genus in 2019, which now ...

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Zephyranthes phycelloides ''Zephyranthes phycelloides'', commonly known as añañuca roja, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is a bulbous geophyte endemic to central Chile. It is morphologically similar to other species of its genus, but als ...

'' 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. *'' Zephyranthes splendens''

References

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