Genus of flowering plants
Bomarea is one of the two major genera in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae . Most occur in the Andes ,[ 4] but some occur well into Central America, Mexico and the West Indies.[ 2] Some species are grown as ornamental plants .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
These plants are similar to their relatives in Alstroemeria , but many take a twining form. Others stand freely upright. A distinctive morphological trait of most, if not all, Alstroemeriaceae is resupinate leaves. The blades twist from the base, taking an upside-down position on the stems.
Bomarea is divided into four subgenera, Baccata , Bomarea , Sphaerine , and Wichuraea . The largest is Bomarea with about 70 species.[ 8]
There are about 110[ 9] to 122 species[ 8] in the genus.
Species accepted as of July 2014:[ 2]
Image Name Distribution Bomarea acutifolia Mexico, Central America Bomarea albimontana Peru Bomarea alstroemerioides Peru Bomarea amazonica Peru Bomarea amilcariana Venezuela Bomarea ampayesana Peru Bomarea anceps Peru Bomarea andimarcana Peru, Bolivia Bomarea andreana Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Bomarea angulata Ecuador, Peru Bomarea angustissima Peru Bomarea aurantiaca Peru, Bolivia Bomarea boliviensis Bolivia, Argentina Bomarea brachysepala Ecuador, Peru Bomarea bracteata Peru Bomarea bracteolata Panama Bomarea bredemeyeriana Colombia, Venezuela Bomarea brevis Peru, Bolivia Bomarea callejasiana Colombia Bomarea campanularia Ecuador, Peru Bomarea campylophylla Peru Bomarea carderi Panama, Colombia, Ecuador Bomarea caucana Colombia Bomarea caudata Peru Bomarea caudatisepala Panama Bomarea ceratophora Ecuador Bomarea chaparensis Bolivia Bomarea chimborazensis Ecuador Bomarea chiriquina Panama, Costa Rica Bomarea coccinea Peru Bomarea colombiana Colombia Bomarea cordifolia Peru Bomarea cornigera Peru Bomarea cornuta Peru, Ecuador Bomarea costaricensis Panama, Costa Rica Bomarea crassifolia Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru Bomarea crinita Peru Bomarea crocea Peru Bomarea densiflora Peru, Ecuador Bomarea denticulata Peru Bomarea diffracta Colombia Bomarea dispar Peru Bomarea dissitifolia Peru, Ecuador Bomarea dolichocarpa Peru, Ecuador Bomarea dulcis Peru, Bolivia, Chile Bomarea edulis widespread across much of Latin America from central Mexico to Argentina, plus West Indies Bomarea endotrachys Peru Bomarea engleriana Peru Bomarea euryantha Colombia Bomarea euryphylla Colombia, Ecuador Bomarea evecta Ecuador Bomarea ferreyrae Peru Bomarea foertheriana Peru Bomarea formosissima Peru, Bolivia Bomarea glaucescens Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia Bomarea goniocaulon Peru, Ecuador Bomarea graminifolia Ecuador Bomarea hartwegii Peru, Ecuador Bomarea herbertiana Colombia Bomarea herrerae Peru Bomarea hieronymi Colombia, Ecuador Bomarea hirsuta Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador Bomarea huanuco Peru Bomarea inaequalis Colombia Bomarea involucrosa Peru, Bolivia Bomarea kraenzlinii Colombia Bomarea lancifolia Ecuador Bomarea latifolia Peru Bomarea libertadensis Peru Bomarea linifolia Colombia, Ecuador Bomarea longipes Peru, Ecuador Bomarea longistyla Peru Bomarea lopezii Venezuela Bomarea lutea Ecuador Bomarea macrocephala Argentina, Bolivia Bomarea macusanii Peru Bomarea moritziana Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Bomarea multiflora Colombia, Ecuador Bomarea multipes Ecuador Bomarea nematocaulon Peru Bomarea nervosa Peru, Ecuador Bomarea nubigena Ecuador Bomarea obovata Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Bomarea ovallei Atacama Bomarea ovata Argentina, Bolivia, Peru Bomarea oxytepala Ecuador Bomarea pardina Colombia, Peru Bomarea parvifolia Peru Bomarea patacoensis Ecuador Bomarea patinii Colombia, Ecuador Bomarea pauciflora Colombia, Venezuela Bomarea perglabra Ecuador Bomarea peruviana Peru Bomarea porrecta Peru Bomarea pseudopurpurea Peru Bomarea pudibunda Colombia Bomarea pumila Bolivia, Peru Bomarea puracensis Colombia Bomarea purpurea Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru Bomarea rosea Peru Bomarea salicifolia Venezuela Bomarea salsilla Chile Bomarea secundifolia Peru Bomarea setacea Peru Bomarea shuttleworthii Colombia Bomarea speciosa Peru Bomarea spissiflora Ecuador, Peru Bomarea stans Argentina, Bolivia Bomarea suberecta Panama, Costa Rica Bomarea superba Peru Bomarea tarmensis Peru Bomarea torta Ecuador, Peru Bomarea tribrachiata Ecuador, Peru Bomarea trichophylla Colombia Bomarea trimorphophylla Ecuador Bomarea truxillensis Venezuela Bomarea uncifolia Ecuador Bomarea vargasii Peru Bomarea velascoana Peru Bomarea vitellina Colombia Bomarea weigendii Peru
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^ lectotype designated by Sanso & Xifreda, Darwiniana 33: 323 (1995) ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families ^ Hofreiter, A. (2006). Leontochir : A synonym of Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae)? Harvard Papers in Botany 11(1) 53-60. ^ Guarin, F. A. (2005). Three new species of Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae) from the Andean region of Colombia. Novon 15(2) 253-58. ^ Sanso, A. M. and C. C. Xifreda. (2001). Generic delimitation between Alstroemeria and Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae). [dead link ] Annals of Botany 88(6) 1057-69. ^ Hofreiter, A. (2008). A revision of Bomarea subgenus Bomarea s.str. section Multiflorae (Alstroemeriaceae). Systematic Botany 33: 661-684. ^ Chacón, J., M. Camargo de Assis, A. W. Meerow, and S. S. Renner. 2012. From east Gondwana to Central America: Historical biogeography of the Alstroemeriaceae. Journal of Biogeography 39(10): 1806-1818. [1] ^ a b Cáceres González, D. A. (2013). Bomarea rinconii (Alstroemeriaceae), a new species from the Talamanca Mountains in Chiriqui Province, Panama. Phytotaxa 105(1) 21–4. ^ Alzate, F., et al. (2008). Panbiogeographical analysis of the genus Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae). Journal of Biogeography 35 1250-57.