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Bomarea is one of the two major genera in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae. Most occur in the Andes,[1] but some occur well into Central America, Mexico and the West Indies.[2] Some species are grown as ornamental plants.[3][4][5]
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Bomarea are terrestrial, erect or scandent herbs[6] with resuspinate leaves.[7]
Generative characteristics
The bisexual flowers have a campanulate to funnel-shaped perianth[6] with free tepals.[8]
Taxonomy
It was published by Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel in 1802.[9] The lectotype Bomarea ovata (Cav.) Mirb.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was designated in 1995.[8]
Bomarea is divided into four subgenera, Baccata, Bomarea, Sphaerine, and Wichuraea. The largest is Bomarea with about 70 species.[10]
There are about 110[11] to 122 species[10] in the genus.
Species
Species accepted as of July 2014:[2]
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Name |
Distribution
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| File:Bomarea acutifolia (9725807281).jpg |
Bomarea acutifolia |
Mexico, Central America
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Bomarea albimontana |
Peru
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Bomarea alstroemerioides |
Peru
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Bomarea amazonica |
Peru
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Bomarea amilcariana |
Venezuela
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Bomarea ampayesana |
Peru
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Bomarea anceps |
Peru
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Bomarea andimarcana |
Peru, Bolivia
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| File:Bomarea andreana, the Needleleaf Bomarea (9729039126).jpg |
Bomarea andreana |
Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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Bomarea angulata |
Ecuador, Peru
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Bomarea angustissima |
Peru
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Bomarea aurantiaca |
Peru, Bolivia
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Bomarea boliviensis |
Bolivia, Argentina
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Bomarea brachysepala |
Ecuador, Peru
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Bomarea bracteata |
Peru
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Bomarea bracteolata |
Panama
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Bomarea bredemeyeriana |
Colombia, Venezuela
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Bomarea brevis |
Peru, Bolivia
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Bomarea callejasiana |
Colombia
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Bomarea campanularia |
Ecuador, Peru
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Bomarea campylophylla |
Peru
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Bomarea carderi |
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
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Bomarea caucana |
Colombia
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Bomarea caudata |
Peru
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Bomarea caudatisepala |
Panama
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Bomarea ceratophora |
Ecuador
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Bomarea chaparensis |
Bolivia
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Bomarea chimborazensis |
Ecuador
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Bomarea chiriquina |
Panama, Costa Rica
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Bomarea coccinea |
Peru
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Bomarea colombiana |
Colombia
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Bomarea cordifolia |
Peru
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Bomarea cornigera |
Peru
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Bomarea cornuta |
Peru, Ecuador
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| File:Vegetacion de Bosque Tropical en Costa Rica 032.jpg |
Bomarea costaricensis |
Panama, Costa Rica
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Bomarea crassifolia |
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru
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Bomarea crinita |
Peru
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Bomarea crocea |
Peru
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Bomarea densiflora |
Peru, Ecuador
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Bomarea denticulata |
Peru
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Bomarea diffracta |
Colombia
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| File:Bomarea dispar.jpg |
Bomarea dispar |
Peru
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Bomarea dissitifolia |
Peru, Ecuador
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Bomarea dolichocarpa |
Peru, Ecuador
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Bomarea dulcis |
Peru, Bolivia, Chile
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Bomarea edulis |
widespread across much of Latin America from central Mexico to Argentina, plus West Indies
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Bomarea endotrachys |
Peru
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Bomarea engleriana |
Peru
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Bomarea euryantha |
Colombia
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Bomarea euryphylla |
Colombia, Ecuador
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Bomarea evecta |
Ecuador
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Bomarea ferreyrae |
Peru
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Bomarea foertheriana |
Peru
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Bomarea formosissima |
Peru, Bolivia
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| File:Bomarea glaucescens.jpg |
Bomarea glaucescens |
Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
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Bomarea goniocaulon |
Peru, Ecuador
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Bomarea graminifolia |
Ecuador
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Bomarea hartwegii |
Peru, Ecuador
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Bomarea herbertiana |
Colombia
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Bomarea herrerae |
Peru
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Bomarea hieronymi |
Colombia, Ecuador
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| File:Bomarea hirsuta (or kalbreyeri) (9725806861).jpg |
Bomarea hirsuta |
Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
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Bomarea huanuco |
Peru
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Bomarea inaequalis |
Colombia
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Bomarea involucrosa |
Peru, Bolivia
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Bomarea kraenzlinii |
Colombia
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Bomarea lancifolia |
Ecuador
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Bomarea latifolia |
Peru
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Bomarea libertadensis |
Peru
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Bomarea linifolia |
Colombia, Ecuador
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| File:Bomarea longipes (9729036996).jpg |
Bomarea longipes |
Peru, Ecuador
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Bomarea longistyla |
Peru
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Bomarea lopezii |
Venezuela
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Bomarea lutea |
Ecuador
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| File:Bomarea macrocephala.jpg |
Bomarea macrocephala |
Argentina, Bolivia
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Bomarea macusanii |
Peru
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Bomarea moritziana |
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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| File:Bomarea multiflora 01.jpg |
Bomarea multiflora |
Colombia, Ecuador
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Bomarea multipes |
Ecuador
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Bomarea nematocaulon |
Peru
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Bomarea nervosa |
Peru, Ecuador
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Bomarea nubigena |
Ecuador
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Bomarea obovata |
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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| File:Variación en color de la Bomarea ovallei.jpg |
Bomarea ovallei |
Atacama
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Bomarea ovata |
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
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Bomarea oxytepala |
Ecuador
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Bomarea pardina |
Colombia, Peru
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Bomarea parvifolia |
Peru
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| File:Bomarea Southern Ecuador.jpg |
Bomarea patacoensis |
Ecuador
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| File:Bomarea patinii, flowerhead and seeds (9725805119).jpg |
Bomarea patinii |
Colombia, Ecuador
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| File:Bomarea pauciflora 1.jpg |
Bomarea pauciflora |
Colombia, Venezuela
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Bomarea perglabra |
Ecuador
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Bomarea peruviana |
Peru
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Bomarea porrecta |
Peru
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Bomarea pseudopurpurea |
Peru
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Bomarea pudibunda |
Colombia
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Bomarea pumila |
Bolivia, Peru
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Bomarea puracensis |
Colombia
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Bomarea purpurea |
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
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Bomarea rosea |
Peru
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| File:Bomarea salsilla (8383817009).jpg |
Bomarea salicifolia |
Venezuela
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| File:Bomarea salsilla.jpg |
Bomarea salsilla |
Chile
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Bomarea secundifolia |
Peru
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Bomarea setacea |
Peru
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Bomarea shuttleworthii |
Colombia
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Bomarea speciosa |
Peru
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Bomarea spissiflora |
Ecuador, Peru
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Bomarea stans |
Argentina, Bolivia
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Bomarea suberecta |
Panama, Costa Rica
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Bomarea superba |
Peru
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Bomarea tarmensis |
Peru
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Bomarea torta |
Ecuador, Peru
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Bomarea tribrachiata |
Ecuador, Peru
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Bomarea trichophylla |
Colombia
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Bomarea trimorphophylla |
Ecuador
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Bomarea truxillensis |
Venezuela
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| File:Bomarea uncifolia 65560917.jpg |
Bomarea uncifolia |
Ecuador
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Bomarea vargasii |
Peru
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Bomarea velascoana |
Peru
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Bomarea vitellina |
Colombia
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Bomarea weigendii |
Peru
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Etymology
The generic name Bomarea honours Jacques Christophe Valmont de Bomare (1731-1807).[8]
Ecology
Habitat
Bomarea grow in shaded conditions of tropical forest understory.[12]
Pollination and seed dispersal
The flowers are ornithophilous and the seeds are dispersed by animals.[8]
As invasive plants
In New Zealand, Bomarea has become invasive.[13][14]
References
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- ↑ Guarin, F. A. (2005). Three new species of Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae) from the Andean region of Colombia. Novon 15(2) 253-58.
- ↑ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Sanso, A. M. and C. C. Xifreda. (2001). Generic delimitation between Alstroemeria and Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore 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 Assis, M.C.; Prange, C.K.; Lopes, J.C.; Mello-Silva, R. (in memoriam); Pellegrini, M.O.O. 2020. Alstroemeriaceae in Flora do Brasil 2020. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro.Available at: <http://floradobrasil2020.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB4299>. Accessed on: 23 Jan. 2025
- ↑ Alzate G., F. (2007). Two new species of Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae) from Colombia. Novon a Journal of Botanical Nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden, 17, 141--144. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/17537
- ↑ a b c d Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
- ↑ Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-b). Bomarea Mirb. Tropicos. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40029100
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bomarea. (n.d.-c). Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Bomarea
- ↑ Bomarea. (n.d.). Otago Regional Council. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from https://www.orc.govt.nz/environment/biosecurity-and-pests/plant-pests/bomarea/
- ↑ Bomarea. (n.d.-b). Environment Canterbury. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from https://www.ecan.govt.nz/pest-search/bomarea/
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