Leme 1995c (Article) Vriesea
Two New Vriesea Species from Bahia, Brazil
Author(s):—E.M.C. Leme
Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 45(4): 147-151. (1995)
Abstract:—In the northeastern Brazilian states such as Bahia, the dry climatic conditions that predominate nland determined the retraction of the distribution of mesic species and the isolation of tracts of Atlantic Forest in the higher hills, usually on the watershed facing the ocean. During past geological epochs, however, the sur rounding environment was wetter allowing the expansion of rain forest and the migration of its species, including bromeliads. Recent collections in one of those hills, which are today partially covered by Atlantic Forest, demonstrated the existence of two new bromeliads closely related to endemic species known only from the mountains of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Espfrito Santo, hundreds of kilometers to the south. The species described here may be considered wit nesses of the speciation process caused by isolation after climatic catastrophes of remote periods
Published names (2):Vriesea bahiana * synonyms or not accepted names are marked
Vriesea sandrae*