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Alstroemeria
Sign in to saveAlso known as Peruvian lily, Lily-of-the-Incas, Lily of the Incas
thumb|Alstroemeria × hybrida in the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens
OverviewAI-generated
Alstroemeria is a genus of plants within the family Alstroemeriaceae. It belongs to the order Liliales, class Liliopsida, phylum Tracheophyta, and kingdom Plantae. The genus is named after Clas Alströmer and has Alstroemeria pelegrina as its taxonomic type. Its fruit type is a capsule. Common names for the genus include 六出花属, 扭柄叶属, and 彩花扭柄属.
Records indicate that Alstroemeria species have been observed in Brazil, Chile, Spain, Colombia, and Argentina. The genus is not extinct.
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Species
Peruvian Lily
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderLiliales
- FamilyAlstroemeriaceae
General: Number of genera: 3 genera: Alstroemeria (including Use: Several species of Alstroemeria are of great economic Appearance: storage roots (annual in Alstroemeria graminea), some species Fruit: a berry); dehiscence loculicidal (explosive in Alstroemeria)
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,806
- With media
- 1,095
- Family
- Alstroemeriaceae
- Collections
- US
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Chile, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, United States
Research
131 papers- Alstroemeria Micropropagation in a RITA(®) Temporary Immersion System.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
- Understanding Alstroemeria pallida Flower Colour: Links between Phenotype, Anthocyanins and Gene Expression.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
- Alstroemeria dermatitis.Contact dermatitis · 1981
- Alstroemeria yellow spot virus (AYSV): a new orthotospovirus species within a growing Eurasian clade.Archives of virology · 2019
- Decellularized Alstroemeria flower stem modified with chitosan for tissue engineering purposes: A cellulose/chitosan scaffold.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2022
via PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Cultivation and uses
- AGM cultivars
- Ecology
- Species
- See also
- Citations
- General sources
thumb|Alstroemeria × hybrida in the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens
thumb|Alstroemeria 'Saturne'
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alstroemeria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.