List of Alstroemeria species

Alstroemeria is a South American genus belonging to the Alstroemeria family, composed of 124 species distributed from southern Venezuela to southern Argentina and Chile.

The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus in honor of his friend, the Swedish botanist Clas Alströmer, who was the first to collect seeds of these species in South America and send them to Europe in 1753.

Alstroemeria plants are tuberous or rhizomatous and perennial. Each erect stem has a foliage of a few lanceolate leaves and ends in an umbel of 3 to 10 flowers. These have 6 tepals with markings and patches of contrasting colors. The basic chromosome number of the genus is x = 8.

List of species

The exact number of species is difficult to determine because new taxa are constantly being discovered and there are also nomenclatural problems that determine that many of the names cited are actually synonymies. The following is a list of the species of the genus Alstroemeria accepted up to March 2010, in alphabetical order. For each species, the binomial name is given followed by the author, abbreviation according to convention and usage, and the valid publication. Finally, for each species, its geographic distribution is also detailed.

• Alstroemeria achirae <small>Muñoz Schick & Brinck</small>, Gayana, Bot. 57: 56 (2000). Chile (Maule).
• Alstroemeria altoparadisea <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 17 (2000). Brazil (Goiás).
• Alstroemeria amabilis <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Acta Bot. Brazil. 17: 180 (2003). Southern Brazil.
• Alstroemeria amazonica <small>Ducke</small>, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 1: 12 (1915). Southern Venezuela to Brazil (Pará).

• Alstroemeria andina <small>Phil.</small>, Linnaea 29: 69 (1857). Northern Chile and Argentina (San Juan province).
• Alstroemeria andina subsp. andina. Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria andina subsp. venustula <small>(Phil.) Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 81 (1986 publ. 1987). Northern Chile to Argentina (San Juan province). (syn.: Alstroemeria venustula Phil.)
• Alstroemeria angustifolia <small>Herb.</small>, Amaryllidaceae: 96 (1837). Northern and central Chile.
• Alstroemeria angustifolia subsp. angustifolia. North and Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria angustifolia subsp. velutina <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 202 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile
• Alstroemeria annapolina <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 18 (2000). Brazil (Goiás).

• Alstroemeria apertiflora <small>Baker</small>, Handb. Amaryll.: 135 (1888). Brazil to Argentina (Misiones province).
• Alstroemeria aquidauanica <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 35 (2000). Brazil (Mato Grosso).
• Alstroemeria arnicana <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 36 (2000). Brazil (Goiás).

• Alstroemeria aulica <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 41 (2000). Chile (Valparaíso).
• Alstroemeria aurea <small>Graham</small>, Edinburgh Philos. J. 1833: 181 (1833). Central and Southern Chile to Southern Argentina.
• Alstroemeria bahiensis <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 37 (2000). Brazil (Bahía).
• Alstroemeria bakeri <small>Pax</small>, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 335 (1890). Argentina (Catamarca province).

• Alstroemeria bilabiata <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 282 (1988). Chile (Santiago Metropolitan Region).
• Alstroemeria brasiliensis <small>Spreng.</small>, Syst. Veg. 2: 81 (1825). Midwest Brazil
• Alstroemeria burchellii <small>Baker</small>, J. Bot. 15: 262 (1877). Brazil (Goiás).
• Alstroemeria cabralensis <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 9: 25 (2003). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria caiaponica <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 36 (2000). Brazil (Goiás).
• Alstroemeria cantillanica <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 285 (1988). Chile (O'Higgins).
• Alstroemeria capixaba <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Acta Bot. Brasil. 17: 180 (2003). Brazil (Espírito Santo).
• Alstroemeria caryophyllaea <small>Jacq.</small>, Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: 33, t. 465 (1804). Southeastern Brazil
• Alstroemeria chapadensis <small>Hoehne</small>, Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5: 18 (1915). Brazil (Mato Grosso).
• Alstroemeria chorillensis <small>Herb.</small>, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: 64 (1843). Western Perú.
• Alstroemeria crispata <small>Phil.</small>, Linnaea 29: 70 (1857). Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria cuiabana <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 18 (2000). Brazil (Mato Grosso).
• Alstroemeria cultrifolia <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 37 (2000). Brazil (Brasilia).
• Alstroemeria cunha <small>Vell.</small>, Fl. Flumin. 3: 131, t. 121 (1829). Southeastern Brazil to Paraná.

• Alstroemeria decora <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 42 (2000). Chile (Valparaíso).
• Alstroemeria diluta <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 212 (1986 publ. 1987). Northern and central Chile.
• Alstroemeria diluta subsp. chrysantha <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 219 (1986 publ. 1987). NC. Chile.
• Alstroemeria diluta subsp. diluta. Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria discolor <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 44 (2000). Chile (Valparaíso).
• Alstroemeria douradensis <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 37 (2000). Brazil (Goiás).
• Alstroemeria espigonensis <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 19 (2000). Brazil (Bahia).
• Alstroemeria esteparica <small>Rojas & Baeza</small>, Gayana, Bot. 78 (2021). Chile (Aysén) and nearby Argentina.
• Alstroemeria exserens <small>Meyen</small>, Observ. Bot. 1: 34 (1834). Central Chile to Western Argentina.
• Alstroemeria fiebrigiana <small>Kraenzl.</small>, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 237 (1908). Southern Bolivia.
• Alstroemeria firmulifolia <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 20 (2000). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria foliosa <small>Mart. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes</small>, Syst. Veg. 7: 740 (1829). Southeastern Brazil to Paraguay.
• Alstroemeria fuscovinosa <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 34 (2000). Southeastern Brazil.
• Alstroemeria garaventae <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 60 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria garaventae subsp. longaviensis <small>Muñoz Schick et al.</small>, Gayana, Bot. 76 (2019). Chile (Maule).
• Alstroemeria gardnera <small>Baker</small>, J. Bot. 15: 261 (1877). Brazil.
• Alstroemeria glaucandra <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 41 (2000). Chile (Valparaiso).
• Alstroemeria gouveiana <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 9: 26 (2003). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria graminea <small>Phil.</small>, Anales Univ. Chile 93: 161 (1896). Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria hookeri <small>Sweet</small>, Hort. Brit.: 408 (1826). Central and Southern Chile.
• Alstroemeria hookeri subsp. cummingiana <small>(Herb.) Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 189 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria hookeri subsp. hookeri. Southern and central Chile.
• Alstroemeria hookeri subsp. maculata <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 184 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria huemulina <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 285 (1988). Chile (Biobío).

• Alstroemeria ibitipocae <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 35 (2000). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria igarapavica <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 36 (2000). Brazil (São Paulo).
• Alstroemeria inodora <small>Herb.</small>, Amaryllidaceae: 90 (1837). Southeastern and Southern Brazil.
• Alstroemeria isabellana <small>Herb.</small>, Amaryllidaceae: 88 (1837). Southeastern and Southern Brazil and Northeast Argentina.
• Alstroemeria itabiritensis <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 20 (2000). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria itatiaica <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 38 (2000). Brazil (Río de Janeiro).
• Alstroemeria jequitiana <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 21 (2000). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria jocunda <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 284 (1988). Chile (Santiago).
• Alstroemeria julieae <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Revista Brasil. Bot. 25: 177 (2002). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria kingii <small>Phil.</small>, Anales Univ. Chile 1873: 548 (1873). Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria lactilutea <small>Ravenna & Brinck</small>, Onira 5: 23 (2000). Chile (Tarapacá Region).
• Alstroemeria landimana <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 9: 26 (2003). Brazil (Brasilia).
• Alstroemeria leporina <small>Ehr.Bayer & Grau</small>, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 18: 222 (1982). Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria ligtu <small>L.</small>, Pl. Alströmeria: 10 (1762). Peru to central Chile and western Argentina.
• Alstroemeria ligtu subsp. incarnata <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 156 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile to western Argentina.
• Alstroemeria ligtu subsp. ligtu. Perú to central Chile.
• Alstroemeria ligtu subsp. simsii <small>() Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 144 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria ligtu subsp. splendens <small></small>, Not. Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. 352: 22 (2003). Chile (Maule).

• Alstroemeria litterata <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 39 (2000). Brazil (Mato Grosso).
• Alstroemeria longaviensis <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 285 (1988). Chile (Maule).
• Alstroemeria longistaminea <small>Mart. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes</small>, Syst. Veg. 7: 739 (1829). Northeast Brazil.
• Alstroemeria longistyla <small>Schenk in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)</small>, Fl. Bras. 3(1): 173 (1855). Brazil (Goiás to Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria lutea <small>Muñoz Schick</small>, Gayana, Bot. 57: 55 (2000). Chile (Tarapacá).
• Alstroemeria magna <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 284 (1988). Chile (Valparaíso).
• Alstroemeria magnifica <small>Herb.</small>, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: 64 (1843). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria magnifica subsp. gayana <small>(Phil.) Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 252 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria magnifica var. magenta <small>(Ehr.Bayer) Muñoz-Schick</small>, Not. Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. 352: 22 (2003). Chile (Coquimbo).
• Alstroemeria magnifica subsp. magnifica. Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria magnifica subsp. maxima <small>(Phil.) Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 244 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria magnifica var. tofoensis <small>Muñoz-Schick</small>, Not. Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. 352: 22 (2003). Chile (Coquimbo).
• Alstroemeria malmeana <small>Kraenzl.</small>, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50(112): 3 (1913). Southern Brasil.
• Alstroemeria modesta <small>Phil.</small>, Anales Univ. Chile 93: 161 (1896). Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria mollensis <small>Muñoz-Schick & Brinck</small>, Gayana, Bot. 60: 102 (2003). Chile (Coquimbo).
• Alstroemeria monantha <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 286 (1988). Northern and central Chile.
• Alstroemeria monticola <small>Mart. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes</small>, Syst. Veg. 7: 739 (1829). Brazil (Bahía, Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria nidularis <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 282 (1988). Chile (Maule).
• Alstroemeria nivea <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 9: 28 (2003). Chile (Coquimbo).
• Alstroemeria ochracea <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Revista Brasil. Bot. 25: 178 (2002). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria orchidioides <small>Meerow</small>, Tombolato & F.K.Mey., Brittonia 51: 442 (1999). Brazil (Brasilia, Goiás).
• Alstroemeria oreas <small>Schauer</small>, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 440 (1843). Chile (San Fernando mountains).
• Alstroemeria pallida <small>Graham</small>, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 7: 344 (1829). Central Chile to west Argentina.
• Alstroemeria paraensis <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Brittonia 58: 267 (2006). Brazil (Pará).
• Alstroemeria patagonica <small>Phil.</small>, Anales Univ. Chile 93: 160 (1896). Southern Argentina to Southern Chile.
• Alstroemeria paupercula <small>Phil.</small>, Fl. Atacam.: 51 (1860). Peru to Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria pelegrina <small>L.</small>, Pl. Alströmeria: 10 (1762). Peru to central Chile.
• Alstroemeria penduliflora <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Revista Brasil. Bot. 25: 178 (2002). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria philippia <small>Baker</small>, Handb. Amaryll.: 140 (1888). Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria piauhyensis <small>Gardner ex Baker</small>, Handb. Amaryll.: 136 (1888). Northeast Brazil.
• Alstroemeria plantaginea <small>Mart. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes</small>, Syst. Veg. 7: 737 (1829). Brazil (Bahía a São Paulo).
• Alstroemeria poetica <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 285 (1988). Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria polpaicana <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 283 (1988). Chile (Santiago).
• Alstroemeria polyphylla <small>Phil.</small>, Anales Univ. Chile 93: 160 (1896). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria presliana <small>Herb.</small>, Amaryllidaceae: 95 (1837). Central Chile to western Argentina.
• Alstroemeria presliana subsp. australis <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 122 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria presliana subsp. presliana. Central Chile to west Argentina.
• Alstroemeria pseudospathulata <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 47 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile to western Argentina.
• Alstroemeria pubiflora <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 21 (2000). Brazil (Goiás).
• Alstroemeria pudica <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 43 (2000). Chile (Santiago).
• Alstroemeria pulchella <small>L.f.</small>, Suppl. Pl.: 206 (1782). Brazil to Northern Argentina.
• Alstroemeria pulchra <small>Sims</small>, Bot. Mag. 50: t. 2421 (1823). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria pulchra subsp. lavandulacea <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 230 (1986 publ. 1987). Southern Chile.
• Alstroemeria pulchra subsp. pulchra. Chile.
• Alstroemeria punctata <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 33 (2000). Brazil (Brasilia, Goiás).
• Alstroemeria pygmaea <small>Herb.</small>, Amaryllidaceae: 100 (1837). Peru to Northeast Argentina.
• Alstroemeria radula <small>Dusén</small>, Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 13: 103 (1905). Southeast Brazil.
• Alstroemeria recumbens <small>Herb.</small>, Amaryllidaceae: 97 (1837). Northern and central Chile.
• Alstroemeria revoluta <small>Ruiz & Pav.</small>, Fl. Peruv. 3: 59 (1802). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria ribeirensis <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 9: 27 (2003). Brazil (Paraná).
• Alstroemeria roseoviridis <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 5: 22 (2000). Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul).
• Alstroemeria rupestris <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Revista Brasil. Bot. 25: 180 (2002). Brazil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria sabulosa <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 281 (1988). Chile (Valparaíso).
• Alstroemeria schizanthoides <small>Grau</small>, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 18: 213 (1982). Northern Chile.
• Alstroemeria sellowiana <small>Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)</small>, Fl. Bras. 3(1): 173 (1855). Southern Brazil.
• Alstroemeria spathulata <small>C.Presl</small>, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 122 (1833). Central Chile to west Argentina.
• Alstroemeria speciosa <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Taxon 53: 184 (2004). Brazil (São Paulo).
• Alstroemeria spectabilis <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 284 (1988). Chile (Santiago).
• Alstroemeria stenopetal <small>Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)</small>, Fl. Bras. 3(1): 174 (1855). Brazil (Goiás to Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria stenophylla <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Novon 14: 17 (2004). Brazil (Goiás a Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria talcaensis <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 40 (2000). Chile (Maule).
• Alstroemeria timida <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 281 (1988). Chile (Santiago).
• Alstroemeria tombolatoana <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Novon 14: 19 (2004). Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás).
• Alstroemeria umbellata <small>Meyen</small>, Observ. Bot. 1: 356 (1834). Central Argentina to central Chile.
• Alstroemeria variegata <small>M.C.Assis</small>, Revista Brasil. Bot. 25: 180 (2002). Brasil (Minas Gerais).
• Alstroemeria venusta <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 282 (1988). Chile.
• Alstroemeria versicolor <small>Ruiz & Pav.</small>, Fl. Peruv. 3: 59 (1802). Central Chile.
• Alstroemeria virginalis <small>Ravenna & Brinck</small>, Onira 5: 40 (2000). Chile (Coquimbo).
• Alstroemeria viridiflora <small>Warm.</small>, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1872: 113 (1872). West of Brazil to Minas Gerais.
• Alstroemeria werdermannii <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 87 (1986 publ. 1987). Norte de Chile.
• Alstroemeria werdermannii var. flavicans <small>Muñoz Schick</small>, Gayana, Bot. 57: 57 (2000). Chile (Atacama region).
• Alstroemeria werdermannii var. werdermannii. Northern Chile (Atacama region).
• Alstroemeria xavantinensis <small>Ravenna</small>, Onira 4: 39 (2000). Brazil (Mato Grosso).
• Alstroemeria yaelae <small>Ravenna</small>, Phytologia 64: 282 (1988). Chile (Santiago).
• Alstroemeria zoellneri <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Gatt. Alstr. Chile: 297 (1986 publ. 1987). Central Chile.

Taxa of hybrid origin (nothospecies)

The nothospecies of the genus, that is, those taxa that have been shown to owe their origin to hybridization between two different species (for example, Alstroemeria × davisiae which is the hybrid between A. pelegrina and A. pulchella) are listed below together with their parental species where these are known:

• Alstroemeria × davisiae <small>D.D.Duncan ex Traub</small>, Pl. Life 34: 94 (1978). A. pelegrina × A. pulchella.
• Alstroemeria × errembaultii <small>Lem.,</small> Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 3: 262 (1847).
• Alstroemeria × orpetiae <small>Traub</small>, Pl. Life 28: 67 (1972). A. pelegrina × A. violacea.
• Alstroemeria × racinae <small>Traub</small>, Pl. Life 28: 67 (1972). A. caryophyllaea × A. pulchella.
• Alstroemeria × zebrina <small>D.D.Duncan</small>, Pl. Life 38: 56 (1982). A. brasiliensis × A. pulchella.

Synonymy

The following names are considered synonyms of Alstroemeria:

• Ligtu <small>Adans.</small>, Fam. Pl. 2: 20 (1763).
• Lilavia <small>Raf</small>., Fl. Tellur. 4: 35 (1838).
• Priopetalon <small>Raf.</small>, Fl. Tellur. 4: 34 (1838).
• Schickendantzia <small>Pax</small>, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 322 (1889).
• Taltalia <small>Ehr.Bayer</small>, Sendtnera 5: 7 (1998).

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