Alstroemeriaceae
Alstroemeria

Alstroemeria aurea Graham

First published in Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1833: 181 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Central Chile to S. Argentina. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South

Introduced into:

France, Great Britain, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania, Victoria

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2019). Personal observation by Rafaël Govaerts Twickenham, United Kingdom.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (eds.) (1996). Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledoneae). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 1-323. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Govaerts, R. (2019). Personal observation by Rafaël Govaerts Twickenham, United Kingdom.
  • Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (eds.) (1996). Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledoneae). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 1-323. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1987 Bridger [s.n.] K000400894 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hogge, R. [12] Chile K002779244 Yes
[David F. Ardrer] [s.n.] Argentina K002779249 Yes
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] Chile K002779246 Yes
Hutchison, P.C. [287] Chile K002779252 Yes
Gardner, M.F.; Knees, S.G.; De vore, M.L. [4618] Chile K002779241 Yes
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] Chile K002779242 Yes
Comber, H.F. [523] Argentina K002779248 Yes
Cuming, H. [46] Chile K002779250 Yes
Elliot, C. [330] Chile K002779251 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [10205] Chile K002779243 Yes
Plowman, T.C. [2617] Chile K002779247 Yes
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] Chile K002779245 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779230 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779521 Yes
[Clies Ceyler Saudmar] [389] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779220 Yes
Bally [6552] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779528 No
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779226 Yes
Cuming, H. [293] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779232 Yes
Reynolds [50] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K001613415 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779227 Yes
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779219 Yes
Lechler, W.; Hohenacker, R.F. [431] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779228 Yes
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779221 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779522 Yes
Morrison, J.L.; Wagenknecht, R. [17448] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779223 Yes
Comber, H.F. [459] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779225 Yes
Comber, H.F. [1125] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779229 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779526 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [10542] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779222 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779234 Yes
[Cobham Lopdge] [s.n.] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K001739182 Yes
s.coll. [562] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779231 Yes
Seijo, G.J. [1599] Argentina Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779239 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] Isle of Man Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779529 Yes
Cuming [46] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779218 Yes
B.M. [3350] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779524 Yes
Morrison, J.L. [16827] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779224 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779527 Yes
Schmid, R. [103] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779238 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779525 Yes
Reed, E.C. [s.n.] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779217 Yes
Hogge, R. [1] Chile Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779233 Yes
Teague [s.n.] Argentina Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779235 Yes
Combe, M.A. [s.n.] Alstroemeria aurantiaca K002779523 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0