Hippeastrum cybister (Herb.) Benth. ex Baker

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

Edwards's Botanical Register 1840

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]

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