Bomarea

Bomarea multiflora

Bomarea, rarely also called Bomarien Germanized, is a plant genus of the family of alstroemeria plants ( Alstroemeriaceae ) within the order of the lily -like ( Liliales ). The range extends from Mexico to South America.

Description

Bomarea species are perennial herbaceous plants that grow mostly as klimmende climbing plants. Are formed rhizomes. The distributed along the entire stem axis leaves are rotated 180 ˚, short-stalked, simple and much annoying.

The flowers are in terminal, simple or composite doldigen inflorescences. The hermaphrodite, radial symmetry flowers are tube amps to bell-shaped. The bloom are free and bright red, orange or yellow in color, less often green. There are two circles, each provided with three stamens, wearing yellow or gray-blue anthers. The three carpels are fused to an under - or medium-sized ovary.

As a fruit or berries capsules are formed.

The flowers formula is:

Distribution and habitat requirements

The distribution center of the genus Bomarea are areas in the Andes between Colombia and Bolivia. Most species grow in forests and thickets in more or less humid environment. Only a few species of the genera Wichuraea and Bomarea s.str. can be found in the drier valleys of the Andes. None of the species growing in marsh and swamp areas.

System

The genus Bomarea 1802 was established by Charles François de Brisseau Mirbel in Histoire Naturelle of Végétaux, Growth in par Familles, 9, p 71. The genus name honors Bomarea the French naturalist Jacques -Christophe Valmont de Bomare (1731-1807), author of the Dictionnaire universel d' histoire naturelle. As lectotype was 1995 Bomarea ovata ( Cav. ) Mirb. determined. The two species belong to the tribe Bomarea and Alstroemeria Alstroemerieae within the family of Alstroemeriaceae. The genera Bomarea and Alstroemeria differ from one another by their base chromosome number; for Bomarea is x = 9, x = 8 to Alstroemeria

The genus includes about 150 species Bomarea into four subgenera:

• Bacsata: With five species.
• Bomarea s.str. With 79 species.
• Sphaerine: With twelve species.
• Wichuraea: With 18 kinds.

Full list of types:

• Bomarea acutifolia ( Link & Otto ) Herb. Mexico
• Bomarea albimontana D.N.Sm. & Gereau
• Bomarea ampayesana Vargas
• Bomarea anceps ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea andimarcana ( Herb. ) Baker
• Bomarea andreana Baker
• Bomarea angulata Benth.
• Bomarea angustissima Killip
• Bomarea aurantiaca Herb.
• Bomarea boliviensis Baker
• Bomarea brachysepala Benth.
• Bomarea bracteata ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea bracteolata Gereau
• Bomarea bredemeyeriana Herb.
• Bomarea brevis ( Herb. ) Baker
• Bomarea campanularia Harling & Neuendorf
• Bomarea campylophylla Killip
• Bomarea carderi mast. Colombia
• Bomarea caucana Alzate
• Bomarea caudata Killip
• Bomarea caudatisepala Gereau
• Bomarea ceratophora Neuendorf
• Bomarea chaparensis Hofreiter
• Bomarea chimboracensis Baker
• Bomarea chiriquina Killip
• Bomarea coccinea ( Ruiz & Pav ) Baker
• Bomarea cordifolia ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea cornigera Herb.
• Bomarea cornuta Herb.
• Bomarea costaricensis Kraenzl.
• Bomarea crassifolia Baker
• Bomarea crinita Herb.
• Bomarea crocea ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea densiflora Herb.
• Bomarea denticulata ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea diffracta Baker
• Bomarea dispar Herb.
• Bomarea dissitifolia Baker
• Bomarea distichifolia ( Ruiz & Pav ) Baker
• Bomarea dolichocarpa Killip
• Bomarea dulcis ( Hook. ) Beauverd
• Edible Bomarie ( Bomarea edulis ( Tussac ) Herb. ): Mexico. Central America, West Indies, tropical South America. The rhizomes are eaten cooked.
• Bomarea endotrachys Kraenzl.
• Bomarea engleriana Kraenzl.
• Bomarea euryantha Alzate
• Bomarea euryphylla Harling & Neuendorf
• Bomarea evecta Harling & Neuendorf
• Bomarea ferreyrae Vargas
• Bomarea formosissima ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea glaucescens ( Kunth ) Baker
• Bomarea goniocaulon Baker
• Bomarea graminifolia Sodiro
• Bomarea hartwegii Baker
• Bomarea herbertiana Baker

• Bomarea herrerae Vargas
• Bomarea Hieronymi Pax
• Bomarea hirsuta ( Kunth ) Herb.
• Bomarea inaequalis Killip
• Bomarea involucrosa ( Herb. ) Baker
• Bomarea kraenzlinii Baker
• Bomarea lancifolia Baker
• Bomarea latifolia ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea linifolia ( Kunth ) Baker
• Bomarea longipes Baker
• Bomarea longistyla Vargas
• Bomarea lutea Herb.
• Bomarea macrocephala Pax
• Bomarea moritziana Klotzsch ex Kunth
• Bomarea multiflora ( L. f ) Mirb.
• Bomarea multipes Benth.
• Bomarea nematocaulon Killip
• Bomarea nervosa ( Herb. ) Baker
• Bomarea nubigena Harling & Neuendorf
• Bomarea obovata Herb.
• Lions paw ( Bomarea ovallei ) ( Phil.) Ravenna
• Bomarea ovata ( Cav. ) Mirb.
• Bomarea oxytepala Harling & Neuendorf
• Bomarea pardina Herb.
• Bomarea parvifolia Baker
• Bomarea patacoensis Herb. Colombia, Ecuador
• Bomarea patinii Baker
• Bomarea pauciflora ( Kunth ) Herb.
• Bomarea perglabra Harling & Neuendorf
• Bomarea peruviana Hofreiter
• Bomarea porrecta Killip
• Bomarea pudibunda Planch. & Linden
• Bomarea pumila Griseb. ex Baker
• Bomarea purpurea ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea rosea ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea salicifolia Killip
• Bomarea salsilla (L.) Mirb. Chile
• Bomarea secundifolia ( Ruiz & Pav ) Baker
• Bomarea setacea ( Ruiz & Pav ) Herb.
• Bomarea shuttleworthii mast.
• Bomarea speciosa Killip
• Bomarea spissiflora Harling & Neuendorf
• Bomarea stans Kraenzl.
• Bomarea suberecta Gereau
• Bomarea superba Herb.
• Bomarea tarmensis Kraenzl.
• Bomarea torta ( Kunth ) Herb.
• Bomarea tribrachiata Kraenzl.
• Bomarea trichophylla Killip
• Bomarea trimorphophylla Harling & Neuendorf
• Bomarea uncifolia Herb.
• Bomarea vargasii Hofreiter
• Bomarea velascoana Vargas
• Bomarea vitellina mast.
• Bomarea williamsiae mast.

Use

The starchy rhizomes of Bomarea acutifolia, Bomarea edulis and Bomarea salsilla be eaten cooked.