Bomarea is one of the two major genera

Genus

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 in the plant

Plant

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 family

Family (biology)

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 Alstroemeriaceae

Alstroemeriaceae

The Alstroemeriaceae is a family of flowering plants, with 200 species in three or four genera, native to the Americas, from Central America to southern South America....

. Most occur in the Andes

Andes

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. Several species

Species

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 are occasionally found as garden

Garden

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 plants.

It is essentially a twining

Twining

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 version of their relatives in Alstroemeria

Alstroemeria

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, though some species

Species

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 stand freely upright.

Perhaps the most fascinating — and telltale — morphological

Morphology (biology)

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 trait of most if not all Alstroemeriaceae is the fact that the leaves

Leaves

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 are resupinate

Resupination

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: they twist from the base so that what appears to be the upper leaf surface is in fact the lower leaf surface.

Selected species

• Bomarea acutifolia
• Bomarea angustifolia
  Bomarea angustifolia
  Bomarea angustifolia is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Mogollón, H. & Pitman, N. 2003. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
  
  
• Bomarea borjae
  Bomarea borjae
  Bomarea borjae is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Bomarea brachysepala
  Bomarea brachysepala
  Bomarea brachysepala is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Bomarea ceratophora
  Bomarea ceratophora
  Bomarea ceratophora is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  
• Bomarea chimborazensis
  Bomarea chimborazensis
  Bomarea chimborazensis is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  
• Bomarea elegans
  Bomarea elegans
  Bomarea elegans is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
  
• Bomarea glaucescens
  Bomarea glaucescens
  Bomarea glaucescens is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
  
• Bomarea goniocaulon
  Bomarea goniocaulon
  Bomarea goniocaulon is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Bomarea gracilis
  Bomarea gracilis
  Bomarea gracilis is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
  
• Bomarea graminifolia
  Bomarea graminifolia
  Bomarea graminifolia is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Bomarea hartwegii
  Bomarea hartwegii
  Bomarea hartwegii is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Bomarea lanata
  Bomarea lanata
  Bomarea lanata is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  
• Bomarea longipes
  Bomarea longipes
  Bomarea longipes is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Bomarea lutea
  Bomarea lutea
  Bomarea lutea is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  
• Bomarea lyncina
• Bomarea multiflora
  Bomarea multiflora
  Bomarea multiflora is a multi-stemmed vine in the lily family that is native South America.It is an invasive plant species in New Zealand and is listed on the National Pest Plant Accord.-External links:* at the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network...
  
  
• Bomarea uncifolia
  Bomarea uncifolia
  Bomarea uncifolia is a species of plant in the Alstroemeriaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...