Bomarea longipes Baker belongs to the Alstroemeriaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Bomarea longipes, D. Neill 15987--Ecuador.Prov.ZamoraC.ResTapichalacaQueb.Onda 25 Sep 2007 043 (8).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Alstroemeriaceae
Genus
Bomarea
Specific Epithet
longipes
Authorship
Baker
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
3.4
Global rank
#6,095 of 335,497
Top 2%
Extinction probability
97%
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda
-4.481111, -79.149167
Location Remarks
Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, along road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed. Wet montane cloud forest and disturbed roadside vegetation. 2650 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Herbaceous vine, the stem clambering over low shrubs. Inflorescence pendent. Outer tepals bright pink outside, paler inside with dark purple-bronw spots near apex. Inner tepals on outside surface with bright pink stripe down center, and ivory-white near margins with dark purple-brown spots; inside of inner tepals ivory-white with dark purple-brown spots. This site is the type locality of this locally endemic species. The coordinates have been rounded to nearest minute and locality notes have been removed because the specimen is considered to be in a protected conservation status.
