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''Bomarea'' is one of the two major genus, genera in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae. Most occur in the Andes,Guarin, F. A. (2005)Three new species of ''Bomarea'' (Alstroemeriaceae) from the Andean region of Colombia.''Novon'' 15(2) 253-58. but some occur well into Central America, Mexico and the West Indies. Some species are grown as ornamental plants.Sanso, A. M. and C. C. Xifreda. (2001)Generic delimitation between ''Alstroemeria'' and ''Bomarea'' (Alstroemeriaceae).''Annals of Botany'' 88(6) 1057-69.Chacón, J., M. Camargo de Assis, A. W. Meerow, and S. S. Renner. 2012. From east Gondwana to Central America: Historical biogeography of the Alstroemeriaceae. Journal of Biogeography 39(10): 1806-1818/ref> These plants are similar to their relatives in ''Alstroemeria'', but many take a twining form. Others stand freely upright. A distinctive morphology (biology), morphological trait of most, if not all, Alstroemeriaceae is resupination, resupinate leaves. The blades twist from t ...
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''Bomarea'' is one of the two major genera in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae. Most occur in the Andes,Guarin, F. A. (2005)Three new species of ''Bomarea'' (Alstroemeriaceae) from the Andean region of Colombia.''Novon'' 15(2) 253-58. but some occur well into Central America, Mexico and the West Indies. Some species are grown as ornamental plants.Sanso, A. M. and C. C. Xifreda. (2001)Generic delimitation between ''Alstroemeria'' and ''Bomarea'' (Alstroemeriaceae).''Annals of Botany'' 88(6) 1057-69.Chacón, J., M. Camargo de Assis, A. W. Meerow, and S. S. Renner. 2012. From east Gondwana to Central America: Historical biogeography of the Alstroemeriaceae. Journal of Biogeography 39(10): 1806-1818/ref> These plants are similar to their relatives in ''Alstroemeria'', but many take a twining form. Others stand freely upright. A distinctive morphological trait of most, if not all, Alstroemeriaceae is resupinate Resupination is derived from the Latin word ''resupinus'', meaning "ben ...
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