Hieronymiella Explained

Hieronymiella is a genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family. It is native to Bolivia and north-western Argentina.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

The flowers have an elongate, funnel shaped perigone.

Taxonomy

It was first published by Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858-1942) in 1889^{[4] [5]} and is named in honour of Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus (1846 - 1921).^[6]

There are 10 species recognised:

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/199399#page/336/mode/1up Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1890. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 11: 327
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=278042 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.
4. Hieronymiella | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved June 8, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/n/297584-2
5. 297584-2 . Hieronymiella Pax . 8 June 2024.
6. Burkhardt L. 2018: Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of EponymicPlant 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