Category:Alstroemeriaceae

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Alstroemeriaceae
Alstroemeria.jpg
Alstromeria sp
Scientific classification
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Alstroemeriaceae

Genera

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Alstroemeriaceae is a family which contains at least one edible plant, Bomarea edulis. Bomarea edulis is distributed from Mexico to Argentina. Its tubers have been used from pre-Columbian times as a food source. A single plant can have up to 20 tubers each 5 cm in diameter.

Tribe Alstroemerieae
Tribe Luzuriageae

References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, retrieved 2010-12-10

Acknowledgements

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Pages in category "Alstroemeriaceae"

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