Alstroemeriaceae
Bomarea

Bomarea pauciflora (Kunth) Herb.

First published in Amaryllidaceae: 112 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to NW. Venezuela. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bono, G. (1996). Flora Y Vegetacion del Estado Táchira Venezuela: 1-951. Museo Regionaledi Scienze Naturali, Torino.
  • Hofreiter, A. (2006). Revision of Bomarea subgenus Sphaerine (Alstroemeriaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 24: 117-141.
  • Hofreiter, A. (2007). Personal Communication on Alstroemeriaceae 1 Germany.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Bomarea edulis.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Bomarea edulis.]

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hofreiter, A. (2006). Revision of Bomarea subgenus Sphaerine (Alstroemeriaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 24: 117-141.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Hartweg [s.n.] Colombia K000099241 Type Yes
Aug 1, 2002 Purdie [s.n.] Colombia K000524467 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Lehmann [2420] K000524466 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Schlim, L. [486] K000524468 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1983 Lehmann, F.C. [s.n.] K000400699 Type Yes
Sprague, T.A. [196] Colombia K002779009 Yes
Goudot [s.n.] Grenada K002779013 Yes
Tracey [6] Colombia K002779016 Yes
{Ed. A.} [141] Colombia K002779022 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [180] Colombia K002779012 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernández Pérez, A. [516] Colombia K002779018 Yes
Holton, I.F. [s.n.] Colombia K002779017 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002779006 Yes
Sandeman, C. [5960] Colombia K002779021 Yes
[illegible] [563] Grenada K002779007 Yes
Dawe, M.J. [807] Colombia K002779014 Yes
Goudot [s.n.] Grenada K002779008 Yes
Tracey [185] Colombia K002779020 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernández Pérez, A. [21] Colombia K002779011 Yes
Tracey [11] Colombia K002779010 Yes
s.coll. [356] Colombia K002779019 Yes
Tracey, J.A. [6] Colombia K002779015 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

    • 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