Eustephia is a genus of South American plants in the Amaryllis family. All 6 known species are native to Peru, with the range of one species extending also into Bolivia.[2][3][4][5]

Eustephia
Eustephia coccinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Eustephieae
Genus: Eustephia
Cav.[1]
Type species
Eustephia coccinea

Species

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The genus has the following species:[2][6]
formerly included[2]

Several names have been coined using the name Eustephia but referring to species now considered better suited to other genera (Hieronymiella or Phycella). Here are links to help you find appropriate information

References

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  1. ^ Antonio José Cavanilles. 1795. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 3:20.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ 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. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  4. ^ Tropicos, Eustephia Cav.
  5. ^ Macbride, J. F. 1936. Amaryllidaceae. 13(1/3): 631–690. In J. F. Macbride (ed.) Fl. Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. Field Museum, Chicago
  6. ^ The Plant List search for Eustephia