Hieronymiella is a genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family. It is native to Bolivia, north-western Argentina,Pax, F. A. (1890). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Amaryllidaceae. Botanische Jahrbücher Fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte Und Pflanzengeographie, 11(2), 318–337.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.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. and southern Peru.
Description
Vegetative characteristics Hieronymiella are perennial bulbous plants with strap-shaped leaves.Genus: Hieronymiella. (n.d.). Alpine Garden Society. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Hieronymiella Generative characteristics The white, purple, yellow, or pink, sometimes fragrant flowers have an elongate, funnel shaped perigone. The flowers have a conspicuous corona with six lobes.
Cytology Various diploid chromosome counts have been observed: 2n = 42, 54, 56, 60.Meerow, A.W., Snijman, D.A. (1998). Amaryllidaceae. In: Kubitzki, K. (eds) Flowering Plants · Monocotyledons. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Taxonomy It was first published by Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858-1942) in 1889Hieronymiella | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved June 8, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/297584-2 with Hieronymiella clidanthoides as the type species.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). Hieronymiella Pax. Tropicos. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://tropicos.org/name/40025962 It is named in honour of Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846 - 1921).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 Species There are 10 species recognised:
Additionally, Hieronymiella peruviana was described from Moquegua, southern Peru.Huaylla, H., Slanis, A. C., & Llalla-Cordova, O. (2024). HIERONYMIELLA PERUVIANA (AMARYLLIDACEAE, AMARYLLIDOIDEAE, EUSTEPHIEAE): A NEW SPECIES AND FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS FOR THE FLORA OF PERU. Darwiniana, nueva serie, 12(1), 136-152.
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