Gouda & Manzanares 2008 (Article) Racinaea

A new Species of Racinaea (Bromeliaceae) from Peru.

Author(s):—E.J. Gouda & J.M. Manzanares

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58(4): 156-158. (2008)

Abstract:—Racinaea penduliflora Gouda & Manzan., sp.nov.
By coincidence both authors were initially working independently on manuscripts describing material that, we later found out, related to the same new species. Manzanares had the specimen collected by Robin B. Foster on loan from the Missouri Botanical Garden (MO) and Gouda was working on the C. Porter et al. specimen after Ricardo Fernández contacted Gouda by email for a name for their 3 collections from Cuzco. The much smaller Foster specimen has been chosen for the holotype because it was collected at anthesis. This specimen seems to be slightly more bulbose than the
comparatively utriculate Porter et al. collections. The taller plants of the Porter et all. collections are from the Dept. of Cuzco and are collected not more than 50 km apart of each other, but the Foster collection is 500 km to the North-East in the Dept. of Pasco. All collections are from the damp montane forest at the Amazonian side of the main ridge of the Andes, Peru.

Published names (1):

Racinaea penduliflora