Alstroemeria genus

Alstroemeria aurantiaca, Amancay from the Patagonian Andes. By authorization, Copyright (c) 2006 by Kevin C. Nixon

Amancay [from the quechua amánkay] is the Spanish common name of the plants Alstroemeria aurantiaca and Alstroemeria patagonica and their flowers. Amancay grows in South America, in the Patagonian Andes. Alternative spellings and plurals: Quechua Quechua (Runa Simi; Kichwa in Ecuador) is a Native American language of South America. ... Species See text. ... Species See text. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... The Andes between Chile and Argentina Planes view of the Andes, Peru. ...

• amancay

amancays, amancayes

• amancaya

amancayas

• amancayo

amancayos

Pablo Neruda authored a poem to the Amancay, titled Alstroemeria and mentioned it in his Oda a la Jardinera (Ode to the [female] gardener). Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name of the Chilean writer and communist politician Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. ...

Notes

• In some of Neruda's web versions of the poems, alstroemeria is, incorrectly, spelled alstromoeria and astromelia. See below.
• In many websites the amancay is confusedly called astromelia as the plant Lagerstroemia spp.
• The similarity in names originates from the fact that Linnaeus named both plants in honor of Magnus von Lagerstroem.

Species About 50, including: Lagerstroemia indica Lagerstroemia speciosa The Crape-myrtles Lagerstroemia are a genus of about 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees or large shrubs native to east Asia and Australia. ... Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23[], 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...

Other genera

The following spellings probably refer to other plant/flower (either Hymenocallis or Ismene amancaes, see image here). Alternative spellings and plurals:

• amancai

amancais, amancaies

• amancae

amancaes

Charles Darwin, in The Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter 16, wrote: For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... A watercolor by the HMS Beagles draughtsman, Conrad Martens. ...

On the hills near Lima . . . the ground is carpeted with moss, and beds of beautiful yellow lilies, called Amancaes.