Alstroemeriaceae

Taxobox
name = Alstroemeriaceae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Alstromeria aurea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Alstroemeriaceae
familia_authority = Dumort.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

The Alstroemeriaceae is a family of flowering plants, with 200 species in three or four genera, native to the Americas, from Central America to southern South America. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), treats the family in the order Liliales, in the clade monocots.

;Genera
*"Alstroemeria"
*"Bomarea"
*"Leontochir"
*"Schickendantzia" (included in "Alstroemeria" by some botanists)

The genus "Alstroemeria", commonly called the Peruvian lilies, are popular florist's and garden flowers. The genus "Bomarea" is a vine that produces clusters of variously-colored, bell-shaped flowers.

References

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* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/Alstroem.htm Alstroemeriaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ "The families of flowering plants"] .
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=56740&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Alstroemeriaceae links at CSDL, Texas]