Zephyranthes Tubispatha, Z. Puertoricensis, Z. Insularum, Z. Nervosa, Z. Commersoniana, and Habranthus Robustus

A New Species of Zephyranthes Herb. S. L. (Amaryllidaceae, Hippeastreae), With Notes on the Genus in Colombia

“…From Colombia, only the publication of Z. albiella was known, described from plants of Cundinamarca (Traub, 1950). Furthermore, a few imprecise references exist of Z. tubispatha Herb., without indication of herbarium collections (Bailey, 1939;Standley & Steyermark, 1952).…”

“…Furthermore, a few imprecise references exist of Z. tubispatha Herb., without indication of herbarium collections (Bailey, 1939;Standley & Steyermark, 1952). From the neighboring countries, nine species have been registered from Peru (Macbryde, 1936;Brako & Zarucchi, 1993), three or four from Panama (Woodson & Schery, 1965;Spencer, 1986;DArcy, 1987), and a single one for both Ecuador and Venezuela (Traub, 1958;Meerow, 1990).…”

“…1345. 1830-based on a collection from Montevideo (Uphof, 1946;Ravenna, 1970;Huzinker & Di Fulvio, 1973;Traub, 1975;Holmes & Wells, 1980;Arroyo, 1990). Habitat and distribution: Species described from the high plain of Cundinamarca, in central Colombia, based on cultivated bulbs, its origin being unclear.…”

“…Affinities. Z. puertoricensis was treated as a species of the genus Habranthus by some authors (Traub, , 1958Flory, 1959). On the other hand, plants belonging to this species were cited frequently as Zephyranthes tubispatha (Ker-Gawler) Herbert (= Amaryllis tubispatha Ker-Gawler, de Jamaica), a homonym of Amaryllis tubispatha L Her., which is an Argentinean plant described before by LHeritier (Hume, 1940;Flori, 1959), and is also treated in this paper.…”

“…(four species from Peru and Bolivia), and Aidema Ravenna (six species from Central and South America). Nevertheless, generic limits within this plant group are still unclear (Sealy, 1937;Uphof, 1946;Traub, 1958;Huzinker, 1967;Ravenna, 1971;Arroyo, 1990;Arroyo & Leuenberger, 1996;Lopes-Ferrari & Espejo-Serna, 2002;Ravenna, 2003).…”