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Bomarea Campanularia
''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. 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.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/ref> 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 Resupination is derived from the Latin word ''resupinus'', meaning "ben ...
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Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ekuatur Nunka''), is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about west of the mainland. The country's Capital city, capital and largest city is Quito. The territories of modern-day Ecuador were once home to a variety of Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, Indigenous groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was Spanish colonization of the Americas, colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it ...
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Bomarea Anceps
''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. 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.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/ref> 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 Resupination is derived from the Latin word ''resupinus'', meaning "ben ...
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Bomarea Brachysepala
''Bomarea brachysepala'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Alstroemeriaceae. It is native to Peru and Ecuador. It grows in mountain forest habitat in the Andes. It is threatened by destruction of habitat caused by deforestation and mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic .... References Flora of Peru Flora of Ecuador brachysepala Near threatened plants Plants described in 1845 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{liliales-stub ...
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Bomarea Boliviensis
''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. 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.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/ref> 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 Resupination is derived from the Latin word ''resupinus'', meaning "ben ...
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