Bomarea
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 Bomarea sp., southern Ecuador Note leaf bases twisted 180° | ||||||||||||
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Several, see text. |
Bomarea is one of the two major genera in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae. Most occur in the Andes. Several species are occasionally found as garden plants.
It is essentially a twining version of their relatives in Alstroemeria, though some species stand freely upright.
Perhaps the most fascinating — and telltale — morphological trait of most if not all Alstroemeriaceae is the fact that the leaves are resupinate: 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 borjae
- Bomarea brachysepala
- Bomarea ceratophora
- Bomarea chimborazensis
- Bomarea elegans
- Bomarea glaucescens
- Bomarea goniocaulon
- Bomarea gracilis
- Bomarea graminifolia
- Bomarea hartwegii
- Bomarea lanata
- Bomarea longipes
- Bomarea lutea
- Bomarea lyncina
- Bomarea uncifolia
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bomarea". Image Credit.
