Leme & Till 1996 (Article) Hohenbergia

A new species of Hohenbergia from Bahia - a tribute to Roberto Burle Marx

Author(s):—E.M.C. Leme & W. Till

Publication:—Bromélia; revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Bromélias 3(1): 28-32. (1996)

Abstract:—For several years now, we have observed flowering in a strange Hohenbergia species collected by Roberto Burle Marx and Luiz K. Coneia de Araujo in Bahia, Brazil. This plant grows in the gardens of Burle Marx’s country home in Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro. An attractive plant with beautiful foliage, this bromeliad has large, densely arranged leaves that are purplecolored for the most part and covered with dark spots. It soon became evident that this species had not yet been described. We told Burle Marx that the species would be named after him, an honor to the man who first used bromeliads in landscape design and who was an honorary member of the SBBr. Time went by, other botanical concerns took precedence and the beautiful Hohenbergia remained tucked away in the pending file and the object of this tribute left this world. It is never too late to pay a debt or keep a promise, especially when this tribute still has meaning; a true homage to the immortality of Roberto Burle Marx

Published names (1):

Hohenbergia burlemarxii