Bomarea superba (Sampled Red List Index Flora of Peru)

Bomarea superba

Common Name ²

Yellow Bomarea

Location ²

Peru

Description ²

Plant twining, several meters long, up to 8 m, stem robust up to 1 cm in diametre, recurved at apex, glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 9–14 cm long and 1–3 cm wide. Adaxiale surface of leaves pubescent or glabrous, abaxial side glabrous. Inflorescence an umbel, pedicels 2–4 cm. Bracts of lowermost primary flowers, 2–4 x 0,5–1 cm wide, subsequent bracts smaller. Flowers ca. 4–5,5 cm long, inner tepals equal to outer ones in length or up to 0,5 cm longer, outer tepals oblong, yellow. Inner tepals subdivided in blade and claw, yellow.

Bomarea superba cannot be confused with any other Peruvian Bomarea species, because of its large yellow flowers without any dark spots.

References ²

Watkinson, G. 2013. Bomarea superba. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. . Downloaded on 27 February 2014.

Hofreiter, A., Rodríguez, E.F., 2006. The Alstroemeriaceae in Peru and neighbouring areas.

Habitat Type ²

This species is a rhizome geophyte. As with all Bomarea species of the Multiflora group, B. superba is restricted to cloud forests. It has been collected from relict, primary forest on slopes and between rocks. The Amotape-Huancabamba region in northern Peru has recently been identified as an important hotspot for biodiversity, with at least 318 endemic angiosperm taxa identified for the Department of Cajamarca. Bomarea alstromeroides has been found to grow sympatrically with B. superba (overlapping distribution without interbreeding).

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