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Alstroemeria amazonica
Alstroemeria amazonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Alstroemeriaceae. It is native to Brazil and Venezuela, and was described in 1915.
Alstroemeria amazonica has bell-shaped, red and green flowers. The fruits are capsules.
From the article Alstroemeria amazonica on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Alstroemeria amazonica is tuberous, and has underground storage organs. The inflorescence is an umbel-shaped cyme. The flowers are bell-shaped, hanging, and symmetrical. The flowers are red and green in colour. The internal tepals are marked with spots, though the external tepals are not. The fruits are capsules, which split in a loculicidal pattern when mature. The seeds are spherical, and have small protuberances.
Range & habitat
Alstroemeria amazonica is native to Pará, Brazil, and Bolívar, Venezuela. It grows on or around rocks, and in tropical rainforests.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 911085.