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]
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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
^ 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.