Lomas de Pachacamac

Sector Quebrada Seco

The Lomas of Pachacamac are located approximately 40 kms
south of Lima, just north of the coastal city of Lurín.

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Amancays (26 June 2001)
Amancays (18 June 2001)
Greenhouses established to cultivate native species to be transplanted.
Native plants cultivated for demonstration gardens.
Cultivated individual of Nolana humifusa (Solanaceae).

Lomas vegetation facing northeast - 10 October 2000.

 
Lomas vegetation facing south - 10 October 2000

Field of Nolana humifusa at Pachacamac - August 2002

 
Nolana humifusa blooming at Pachacamac - August 2002

Corolla variation from field of Nolana humifusa at Pachacamac - August 2002

 
Blgo. Eduardo Mejia (L) and Sra. Marucha Benavides de Tschudi (R). Planting beds with various Nolana species - October 2003.

Pure stand of Nolana plicata collected in southern Peru - October 2003.

 

Nolana humifusa cultivated asexually on rooting bench - October 2003.

 

 Nolana humifusa flowering plantlet on the rooting bench - October 2003.

Blgo. Eduardo Mejia and Sra. Marucha Benivedes in the Research Anex at the visitors center- October 2003.

 

 Weather station in the Santuario's Visitor Center - October 2003.
Santuario del Amancay Visitor's Center - October 2003. Information about the history of the amancay in the Visitor's Center - Oct 2003.

 
Santuario del Amancay, looking west from ca. 500 m elevation - October 2003.

Guide to the demonstration garden outside of the Santuario del Amancay - October 2003.

 

Entrance to the Santuario del Amancay with wooden door carved with the amancay motif. A foggy day long a trail in the Santuario del Amancay - October 2003.
Demonstration garden outside of the Santuario del Amancay - October 2003.

Demonstration garden outside of the Santuario del Amancay - October 2003.

 
Sientific name of the amancay, Ismene amancaes, carved in stone at the population within the Santuario del Amancay - October 2003. Ismene amancaes in the Santuario del Amancay - October 2003.
Santuario del Amancay - October 2003. Carved stone sign near the rareTigridia grandiflora in the Santuario del Amancay Many prominent species are labels in this manner.

CHECKLIST of LOMAS de PACHACAMAC, Depto. Lima, Peru (12° 18' S lat., 76°55' O long.)
Generated from LOMAFLOR database, personal observations, and collections by Eduardo Mejia Pinto - 28 Oct 2003

ADIANTACEAE
Adiantum subvolubile Kuhn

ACANTHACEAE
Dicliptera peruviana (Lam.) Juss.

AMARANTHACEAE
Alternanthera halimifolia (Lam.) Standl.
Alternanthera porrigens (Jacq.) Kuntze

AMARYLLIDACEAE
Ismene amancaes (Ruiz. & Pav.) Herb.
Stenomesson flavum (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb.

ALSTROEMERIACEAE
Alstroemeria pelegrina L.

APIACEAE
Bowlesia palmata Ruiz & Pav.
Ciclospermum laciniatum (DC.) Constance
Spananthe paniculata Jacq.

ARACEAE
Gorgonidium vargasii Bog. & D. Nicolson

ASTERACEAE
Acmella alba (L'Hér.) R.K. Jansen
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist
Cotula australis (Sieb. ex Spring.) Hook.f.
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
Encelia canescens Lam.
Erigeron leptorhizon DC.
Galinsoga caligensis Canne
Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabr.
Philoglossa peruviana DC.
Siegesbeckia flosculosa L'Hér.
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Stevia melissaefolia (Lam.) Schultz-Bip.
Trxis cacalioides Kunth D. Don
Villanova oppositifolia Lag.

BASELLACEAE
Anredera diffusa Ruiz & Pav.

BEGONIACEAE
Begonia geraniifolia Hook.
Begonia octopetala L'Hér.

BIGNONIACEAE
Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd.

BORAGINACEAE
Cryptantha granulosa (Ruiz & Pav.) I.M. Johnst.
Heliotropium angiospermum Murray
Heliotropium arborescens L.
Heliotropium pilosum Ruiz & Pav.
Pectocarya lateriflora (Lam.) DC.
Tournefortia microcalyx (Ruiz & Pav.) Killip

BROMELIACEAE
Puya ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) L.B. Smith
Tillandsia latifolia G.Meyen

CACTACEAE
Cleistocactus acanthurus (Vaupel) D. Hunt
Haageocereus limensis (Salm-Dyck) F. Ritter
Haageocereus multangularis(Willd.) F. Ritter

CAMPANULACEAE
Triodanis biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene

CARICACEAE
Carica candicans A. Gray

CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Stellaria cuspidataWilld. ex Schlecht.
Stellaria media (L.) Cirillo
Stellaria micrantha Spruce
Stellaria ovata Willd. ex Schlecht.

CHENOPODIACEAE
Atriplex rotundiolia (Moquin) Dombey
Chenopodium murale L.
Chenopodium petiolare Kunth

COMMELINACEAE
Commelina fasciculata Ruiz & Pav.
Tinantia erecta (Jacq.) Schlecht.

CONVOLVULACEAE
Ipomoea nationis (Hook.) G. Nicholson

CUCURBITACEAE
Sicyos baderoa Hook. & Arn.

CYPERACEAE
Cyperus ferax L.C. Rich.

EUPHORBIACEAE
Andrachne microphylla(Lam.) Baillon
Croton alnifolius Lam.
Euphorbia elliptica Lam.

FABACEAE
Acacia huarango Ruiz ex J.F. Macbr.
Caesalpinia spinosa (Mol.) Kuntze
Vicia lomensis J.F. Macbr.

GENTIANACEAE
Cicendia quadrangularis (Lam.) Grisebach

GERANIACEAE
Erodium moschatum (L.) L'Her. ex Ait.

HYDROPHYLLACEAE
Nama dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Choisy

IRIDACEAE
Tigridia pavonia (L.f.) DC. (vel aff.)

LAMIACEAE
Hyptis sidifolia (L'Hér.) Briquet
Salvia paposana Phil.
Salvia tubiflora J.E. Sm.

LILIACEAE
Anthericum eccremorrhizum Ruiz & Pav.
Bomarea ovata (Cav.) Mirb.
Fortunatia biflora (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F. Macbr.

LINACEAE
Linum prostratum Dombey ex Lam.

LOASACEAE
Loasa nitida Desr.
Nasa urens (Jacq.) Weigend

MALVACEAE
Urocarpidium chilense (Braum & Bouché) Krapov.
Urocarpidium limensis (L.) Krapov.

NYCTAGINACEAE
Boerhavia coccinea Miller (vel aff.)
Mirabilis prostrata (Ruiz & Pav.) Heimerl

ONAGRACEAE
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven
Oenothera rosea L'Hér. ex Ait.

OXALIDACEAE
Oxalis latifolia Kunth
Oxalis megalorrhiza Jacq.

PAPAVERACEAE
Argemone subfusiformis Ownbey
Fumaria capreolata L.

PASSIFLORACEAE
Passiflora suberosa L.

PLUMBAGINACEAE
Plumbago coerulea Kunth

POACEAE
Echinochloa colona (L.) Link
Eragrostis mexicana (Hornem.) Link

PORTULACACEAE
Calandrina alba (Ruiz & Pav.) DC.
Cistanthe paniculata (Ruiz & Pav.) Hershkovitz

SCROPHULARIACEAE
Calceolaria dichotoma Lam.
Calceolaria pinnata L.
Veronica persica Poiret ex Lam.

SOLANACEAE
Acnistus arborescens (L.) Schlecht.
Cestrum auriculatum L'Hér.
Exodeconus prostratus (L'Hert.) Raf.
Lycopersicon peruvianum (L.) Miller
Nicandra physalioides (L.) Gaert.
Nicotiana paniculata L.
Nolana humifusa (Gouan) I.M. Johnst.
Solanum montanum L.
Solanum nigrens L.
Solanum phyllanthum Cav.
Solanum wittmackii Bitter.

URTICACEAE
Parietaria debilis G.Forst.
Urtica urens L.

VALERIANACEAE
Astrephia chaerophylloides (J.E.Sm.) DC.

VERBENACEAE
Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.
Verbena litoralis Kunth

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