Ornamental Bulbous Plants Of Brazil

Plants with true bulbs in Brazil can be found in the families Amaryllidaceae, Alliaceae and Iridaceae. Of these, Amaryllidaceae is the family with a greater variety of ornamental species, and hybrids and varieties of species of one of its genera, Hippeastrum, is already commercially explored under the name Amaryllis. Other genera have ornamental potencial, like Worleya, Griffinia, Habranthus and Zephyranthes. Alliaceae has few species in Brazil, some Nothoscordum and Ipheion. Iridaceae has some unexplored, little known bulbous species with very attractive flowers, as Calydorea, Cypella and Herbertia.6833742An update of the angiosperm phylogeny group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II (2003) Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 141 (4), pp. 399-436. , APGCapellari Jr., L., Iridacées brésiliennes (2002) Iris Bulb., 144, pp. 22-25Meerow, A.W., Guy, C.L., Li, Q., Yang, S., Phylogeny of the American amaryllidaceae based on nrDNA its sequences (2000) Syst. Bot., 25 (4), pp. 708-72