Alstroemeriaceae is a family of flowering plants, with 254 known species in four genera, almost entirely native to the Americas, from Central America to southern South America. One species of Luzuriaga occurs in New Zealand, and the genus Drymophila is endemic to south-eastern Australia.
The genus Alstroemeria, commonly called the Peruvian lilies, is popular florist's and garden flower. The genus Bomarea is a vine that produces clusters of variously-colored, bell-shaped flowers.
Classification
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), treats the family in the order Liliales, in the clade monocots. The APG III system, of 2009, merged the obscure family Luzuriagaceae into the Alstroemeriaceae, since the former group included only two genera, was the sister group of the Alstroemeriaceae, and possessed the same distinctive twisted petioles.
Tribe
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Genus
Species
Alstroemerieae
Alstroemeria L. 1762
123 species
Bomarea Mirb., 1804
110 - 122 species
Luzuriageae
Drymophila R.Br. (1810)
Drymophila cyanocarpa R.Br., turquoise berry or native Solomons seal, native to Tasmania, Victoria and southern New South Wales
Drymophila moorei Baker, orange berry, native to northern New South Wales and Queensland.
Luzuriaga Ruiz & Pav. 1802
Luzuriaga marginata (Gaertn.) Benth. & Hook.f. - almond flower - Southern Chile, Southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
Luzuriaga parviflora (Hook.f.) Kunth - New Zealand
Luzuriaga polyphylla (Hook.f.) J.F.Macbr. - Southern Chile
Luzuriaga radicans Ruiz & Pav. - Southern Chile, Southern Argentina
