Title
Alstroemeriaceae endemic to Peru
Other title
Alstroemeriaceae endémicas del Perú
Date Issued
01 December 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Mostly herbs and vines, the Alstroemeriaceae are represented in Peru with 85 species in two genera, Alstroemeria and Bomarea (Brako & Zarucchi, 1993; Ulloa Ulloa et al., 2004). Here we recognize 22 endemic taxa, all in the genus Bomarea. These endemic taxa occupy several ecological regions, from Humid Montane Forest to the Dry and Humid Puna, between 1000 and 4600 m elevation. Approximately a third of the species are known only from their type localities, located in isolated mountain ranges o in basins that had received scarce attention from botanists over the last 80 years, as in the case of the Monzón. Nine of these species have been recorded in Peru's protected areas network.
Start page
686s
End page
689s
Volume
13
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Otros temas de Biología Biología (teórica, matemática, térmica, criobiología, ritmo biológico), Biología evolutiva
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85045065958
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
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