Bomarea is one of the two major genera in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae. Most occur in the Andes,Guarin, F. A. (2005). Three new species of Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae) from the Andean region of Colombia. Novon 15(2) 253-58. but some occur well into Central America, Mexico and the West Indies.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Some species are grown as ornamental plants.Sanso, A. M. and C. C. Xifreda. (2001). Generic delimitation between Alstroemeria and Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae). 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.
Description Vegetative characteristics Bomarea are terrestrial, erect or scandent herbsAssis, 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: <https://floradobrasil2020.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB4299>. Accessed on: 23 Jan. 2025 with resuspinate leaves.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 Generative characteristics The bisexual flowers have a campanulate to funnel-shaped perianth with free tepals.
Taxonomy It was published by Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel in 1802.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-b). Bomarea Mirb. Tropicos. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40029100 The lectotype Bomarea ovata was designated in 1995. Bomarea is divided into four subgenera, Baccata, Bomarea, Sphaerine, and Wichuraea. The largest is Bomarea with about 70 species.Cáceres González, D. A. (2013). Bomarea rinconii (Alstroemeriaceae), a new species from the Talamanca Mountains in Chiriqui Province, Panama. Phytotaxa 105(1) 21–4.
There are about 110Alzate, F., et al. (2008). Panbiogeographical analysis of the genus Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae). Journal of Biogeography 35 1250-57. to 122 species in the genus.
Species Species accepted as of July 2014: 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 Etymology The generic name Bomarea honours Jacques Christophe Valmont de Bomare (1731-1807).
Ecology Habitat Bomarea grow in shaded conditions of tropical forest understory.Bomarea. (n.d.-c). Pacific Bulb Society. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Bomarea Pollination and seed dispersal The flowers are ornithophilous and the seeds are dispersed by animals. As invasive plants In New Zealand, Bomarea has become invasive.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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