Bomarea
Genus of flowering plants
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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
|image = Bomarea Southern Ecuador.jpg |image_caption = Bomarea sp., southern Ecuador Note leaf bases twisted 180° |taxon = Bomarea |authority = Mirb., 1804 |type_species = Bomarea ovata |type_species_authority = (Cav.) Mirb. |synonyms_ref = |synonyms =
- Leontochir Phil.
- Vandesia Salisb.
- Collania Herb. 1837, illegitimate homonym, not Schult. & Schult. f. 1830 nor Broth. ex Sakurai 1941
- Sphaerine Herb.
- Dodecasperma Raf.
- Wichuraea M.Roem.
- Danbya Salisb.
Bomarea is one of the two major genera in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae. Most occur in the Andes, but some occur well into Central America, Mexico and the West Indies. Some species are grown as ornamental plants.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Bomarea are terrestrial, erect or scandent herbs with resuspinate leaves.
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. The lectotype Bomarea ovata (Cav.) Mirb. was designated in 1995. Bomarea is divided into four subgenera, Baccata, Bomarea, Sphaerine, and Wichuraea. The largest is Bomarea with about 70 species.
There are about 110 to 122 species in the genus.
Species
Species accepted as of July 2014: ::data[format=table]
Etymology
The generic name Bomarea honours Jacques Christophe Valmont de Bomare (1731-1807).
Ecology
Habitat
Bomarea grow in shaded conditions of tropical forest understory.
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.
References
References
- SANSO, A. M., & XIFREDA, C. C. (1995). [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cecilia-Carmen-Xifreda/publication/263651823_El_genero_Bomarea_Alstroemericeae_en_Argentina/links/591234574585152e199882b0/El-genero-Bomarea-Alstroemericeae-en-Argentina.pdf El género ''Bomarea'' (Alstroemeriaceae) en Argentina.] Darwiniana, 315-336.
- [[Anton Hofreiter. Hofreiter, A.]] (2006). [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3100/1043-4534%282006%2911%5B53%3ALASOBA%5D2.0.CO%3B2 ''Leontochir'': A synonym of ''Bomarea'' (Alstroemeriaceae)?] '' Harvard Papers in Botany'' 11(1) 53-60.
- Guarin, F. A. (2005). [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3393329?uid=3739560&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21102420701931 Three new species of ''Bomarea'' (Alstroemeriaceae) from the Andean region of Colombia.] ''Novon'' 15(2) 253-58.
- [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=300636 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
- Sanso, A. M. and C. C. Xifreda. (2001). [http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/88/6/1057.full.pdf Generic delimitation between ''Alstroemeria'' and ''Bomarea'' (Alstroemeriaceae).]{{dead link. (May 2021)
- 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. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02749.x/abstract]
- 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
- Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-b). ''Bomarea'' Mirb. Tropicos. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40029100
- Cáceres González, D. A. (2013). [http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2013/f/pt00105p024.pdf ''Bomarea rinconii'' (Alstroemeriaceae), a new species from the Talamanca Mountains in Chiriqui Province, Panama.] ''Phytotaxa'' 105(1) 21–4.
- Alzate, F., et al. (2008). [https://academia.edu/1049017/Panbiogeographical_analysis_of_the_genus_Bomarea_Alstroemeriaceae_ 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/
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