Omphalissa
Unaccepted subgenus of genus Hippeastrum
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Omphalissa is an unaccepted subgenus[1][2][3][4] of genus Hippeastrum, within the family Amaryllidaceae. Originally described by Richard Anthony Salisbury in 1866.[5]
| Omphalissa | |
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| Hippeastrum cybister | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Hippeastrum |
| Subgenus: | Omphalissa (Salisb.) Baker |
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Description
Taxonomy
Salisbury originally described the Omphalissa as a subgroup of the Zephyrantheae, then a tribe within the Amaryllidaceae, in which he included Amaryllis (now Hippeastrum) aulica and A. calyptrata. This was subsequently more formally defined by John Gilbert Baker in 1888, as a subgenus of Hippeastrum with six species.[6] Baker's six species were;
- Hippeastrum aulicum
- Hippeastrum organense (now Hippeastrum correiense)
- Hippeastrum psittacinum
- Hippeastrum calyptratum
- Hippeastrum cybister
- Hippeastrum pardinum
