Zizka 2003 (Article) Deuterocohnia

Deuterocohnia chrysantha: an interesting Chilean endemic

Author(s):—G. Zizka

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 53(4): 147-150. (2003)

Abstract:—The Chilean flora comprises approximately 5660 species of higher plants, of which 2727 are endemic (48.1 %) (Marticorena 1991). Bromeliaceae, with 23 species of the genera Puya (7 species), Tittandsia (6), Ocbagaeia (4), Greigia (4), Fascicutaria (1) and Deuterocohnia (1), display a comparatively low diversity in Chile. Nevertheless most of these species are endemic to the country with the only exception of Tittandsia usneoides, T virescens, T marconae, and I tandbeckii.With the exception of the widely distributed T. usneoides, the other tillandsias extend to the arid regions of adjacent Perti; T. virescens is also found in Bolivia and Argentina. In Chile, these species are restricted to the northern part of the country and display interesting disjunct distributions