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Accession Data:

Alstroemeria caryophyllaea Jacq.

  • Common Name: Brazilian Lily
  • Family: Alstroemeriaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: SE. Brazil
  • Habitat: Atlantic Rainforest

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502034
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2116 - MED:Mattoral B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: moncots
  • Order: Liliales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Alstroemeriaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Alstroemerieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009

References (internal):

  • Floriculture CDE Plant List
  • Endemism (endemic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Southeast /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, April 03, 2018.
  2. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, April 03, 2018.
  3. Alstroemeria caryophyllaea at Brazilian Flora Checklist. Last accessed on Tuesday, April 03, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:15:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Alstroemeriaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Alstroemerieae

  • Alstroemeria caryophyllaea
  • Alstroemeria pulchella
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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