Alstroemeriaceae
Bomarea

Bomarea ovata (Cav.) Mirb.

First published in Hist. Nat. Pl. 9: 72 (1804)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peru to NW. Argentina. It is a scrambling tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hofreiter, A. (2006). Bomarea edulis (Tussac) Herb. a nearly forgotten pre-Columbian cultivated plant and its closest relatives (Alstroemeriaceae). Feddes Repertorium 117: 85-95.
  • Hofreiter, A. (2006). The identity of the three earliest binomials in Bomarea Mirb. (Alstroemeriaceae). Feddes Repertorium 117: 389-398.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Hofreiter, A. (2006). Bomarea edulis (Tussac) Herb. a nearly forgotten pre-Columbian cultivated plant and its closest relatives (Alstroemeriaceae). Feddes Repertorium 117: 85-95.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Bang, M. [593] Bolivia K000400929 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Mathews [866] Peru K000099234 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Venturi, S. [7761] Argentina K000400937 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1988 Rusby [565] Bolivia K000400930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 1988 Mathews [s.n.] Peru K000099226 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1988 Mathews [874] K000099228 Holotype Yes
Feb 1, 1988 Mathews [s.n.] Peru K000099227 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1983 Mathews [786] Peru K000099218 Type Yes
Badcock [729] Bolivia K002778974 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [10328] Bolivia K002778968 Yes
Cavero B, M. [#154] Peru K002779002 Yes
Diaz, R. [s.n.] Argentina K002779112 Yes
Mandon, G.; Killip, E.P. [1201] Bolivia K002778964 Yes
Macbride; Featherstone [s.n.] Peru K002778979 Yes
Balls, E.K. [6908] K002778953 Yes
Vargas, C. [9729] Peru K002778988 Yes
Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B. [10260] Peru K002778965 Yes
Sandeman, C. [4639] Peru K002778981 Yes
Saunders, S.G.E. [1223] Peru K002778961 Yes
Wood, J.R.L. [17867] Bolivia K002778977 Yes
Saunders, S.G.E. [1195] Peru K002778987 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [10319] Bolivia K002778971 Yes
{Rudall; Kenton} [83-642] Peru K002778994 Yes
Ugent, D.; Ugent, V. [3791] Peru K002778991 Yes
Savatier, Lud. [470] Peru K002778978 Yes
Saunders, S.G.E. [1195] Peru K002778998 Yes
Compton, M.; M. L. Rasp[h] [114] Peru K002778992 Yes
Zean; Killip, E.P. [s.n.] Chile K002778956 Yes
Badcock [729] Bolivia K002778975 Yes
Macbride, J.F. [s.n.] Peru K002778996 Yes
Saunders, S.G.E. [1196] Peru K002778986 Yes
Sandeman, C. [4333] Peru K002778982 Yes
Saunders, S.G.E. [1196] Peru K002778999 Yes
Sandeman, C. [3710] Peru K002778980 Yes
Sandeman, C. [5395] Peru K002779001 Yes
Balls, E.K. [6098] K002778954 Yes
s.coll. [5] Peru K002778989 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Huayalla, H. [21128] Bolivia K002778966 Yes
McLean [s.n.] Peru K002778985 Yes
Vargas, C. [9774] Peru K002778962 Yes
McLean [s.n.] Peru K002778984 Yes
Weberbauer, A. [7308] Peru K002778990 Yes
Holt, P. [227] Peru K002778993 Yes
Saunders, S.G.E. [1216] Peru K002778960 Yes
Sandeman, C. [167] Peru K002778983 Yes
Badcock [558] Bolivia K002778976 Yes
Iltis, H.H.; Iltis, C.M.; Ugent, D.; Ugent, V. [531] Peru K002779000 Yes
Mathews [744] Peru K002779005 Yes
Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B. [9264] Peru K002778997 Yes
Pentland; Killip, E.P. [[11380/3]] Peru K002778955 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [14430] Bolivia K002778972 Yes
Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B.; Vargas, C. [10474] Peru K002778963 Yes
Huayalla, H.; Guachaila, I. [688] Bolivia K002778967 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Argentina K002779113 Yes
Miguel, A. [2915] Bolivia K002778970 No
Wood, J.R.I. [9109] Bolivia K002778969 Yes
Killip, E.P. [s.n.] K002778957 Yes
Watson; Cheese; Beckett [s.n.] Peru K002778959 Yes
Franquemont, E.; Franquemont, C. [268] Peru K002779003 Yes
Stafford, D.; Killip, E.P. [251] Peru K002778958 Yes
Saunders, S.G.E. [1222] Peru K002778995 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [14430] Bolivia K002778973 Yes
Jan 1, 1913 s.coll. [s.n.] Bomarea mooreana K000099213 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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