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Alstroemeriaceae

Alstroemeria

Alstroemeria caryophyllaea Jacq.

First published in Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: 33, t. 465 (1804)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is SE. Brazil. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Brazil Southeast

Introduced into:

Brazil South

Heterotypic Synonyms

Alstroemeria caryophyllaea var. catharinensis Herb. in Amaryllidaceae: 90 (1837)
Alstroemeria curtisiana Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 735 (1829)
Alstroemeria filipendula Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 180 (1855)
Alstroemeria fluminensis M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 260 (1847)
Alstroemeria pelegrina Vell. in Fl. Flumin. 3: 131 (1829), nom. illeg.
Alstroemeria rubra C.Morel in Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 2: 81 (1853)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Liliales

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Family
Alstroemeriaceae

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Genus
Alstroemeria

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Species
Alstroemeria caryophyllaea

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Assis, M.C.de (2001). Alstroemeria L. (Alstroemeriaceae) do Brasil: 1-165. Tese de Doutorado, Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Assis, M.C.de (2001). Alstroemeria L. (Alstroemeriaceae) do Brasil: 1-165. Tese de Doutorado, Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
- Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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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