Ferreira 2015 (Conference Paper) Cryptanthus

Taxonomy of the genus Cryptanthus Otto & A. Dietr. (Bromeliaceae) in septentrional northeastern Brazil

Author(s):—D.M. Ferreira C. & R.B. Louzada in Benko-Iseppon, A.M.; Alves, M. & Louzada, R. (2015) An overview and abstracts of the First World Congress on Bromeliaceae Evolution. Rodriguésia 66(2): A1-A66.

Publication:— (2015).

Abstract:—The genus Cryptanthus (Bromeliaceae) comprises 76 species distributed in eastern Brazil and growing as terrestrial and/or saxicolous plants. Its species occur in open or shaded areas of Atlantic Forest, Caatinga and Cerrado, especially in the physiognomy of the campos rupestres, from sea level to 2,000 meters of elevation. The goal of this study was to produce a taxonomic treatment of the species of the genus Cryptanthus occurringin a section of the northeastern region of Brazil. The studied area includes the Brazilian states of Rio Grande doNorte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Sergipe. Morphological study was based on collections of UFRN, JPB, UFP, IPA, HST and ASE herbaria. The species were identified using specialized literature, as well as by comparison with type specimens. In the present study ten species were found in the area as follows: C. alagoanus Leme & J. A. Siqueira, C. bahianus L. B. Sm., C. burle-marxii Leme, C. dianae Leme, C. felixii J. A. Siqueira & Leme, C. fosterianus L. B. Sm., C. pickelii L. B. Sm., C. reptans Leme & J. A. Siqueira, C.
sergipensis I.Ramírez and C. zonatus (Vis.) Beer. Herein a taxonomic treatment with an identification key,
descriptions, illustrations and comments are presented.

Keywords:—Inventory; Floristics; Bromelioideae.