Alstroemeriaceae

Alstroemeria L.

First published in Pl. Alströmeria: 8 (1762)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Venezuela to S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Alabama, Canary Is., Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Louisiana, Madeira, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Tasmania, Victoria

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 21, 1998 Isabelle [s.n.] Brazil K000400871 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Gouan [1] K000400887 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Gouan [2] K000400886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Looser, G. [2726] Chile K002779500 Yes
Greenway [5947] K002779544 Yes
Gardner [2326] Brazil K000400874 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, R.M. [19737] Brazil K:SPC-56006.000 No
K:SPC-17317.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002779547 Yes
Lau, Y.S. [2238] K002779546 Yes
Christensenhuz, M. [s.n.] Brazil K002779545 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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