Vasquez & Ibisch 2003 (Article) Bromelia

The genus Bromelia (Bromeliaceae) in Bolivia with the description of two new species from the Santa Cruz department

Author(s):—R. Vasquez & P.L. Ibisch

Publication:—Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Botanica 4(1): 51-65. (2003)

Abstract:—Counting two new endemic species described in the present article, Bolivia has six Bromelia species; the non-endemic species are B. balansae, B. hieronymi, B. serra, B. villosa. The genus, in Bolivia, is typical of the understory especially of the dry to semihumid forests and of savannas, between 150 and 1,400 m. It does not occur in the very humid rain forests. Bromelia arubaiensis sp. nov. is similar to Bromelia hieronymi, that is present in drier ecoregions in the south of Bolivia, but differs, among others, by wider leaves, a bipinnate, lepidote inflorescence, longer floral bracts and longer violet petals. It differs from B. binotii, found in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil, by the wider leaves, narrowed between the sheaths and the blades, the bipinnate inflorescence, longer floral bracts and shorter petals. B. ignaciana sp. nov. is similar to B. balansae but differs by the rose and suberect bracts of the scape and the inflorescence, a more elongate and narrower inflorescence, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate sepals and smaller and rose petals.

Keywords:—Bromelia arubaiensis sp. nov., B. ignaciana sp. nov., Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Published names (2):

Bromelia arubaiensis
Bromelia ignaciana