Aechmea pabstii Pereira & Moutinho[as Aechmea pabstii Pereira & Moutinho]

Diagnose: —Terrestris usque 70cm alta. Folia circa 12, omnia similia, rosulata, ligulata, 36-65cm longa, utriculum infundibuliformem efficientia; vagina elliptica, 13-15cm longa, 7-9cm lata, utrinque dense et adpresse brunneo-lepidota, margine quarta parte superiore minute et dense spinosa; limbo lineari, 20-40cm longo, 3-5cm lato, exterius dense, interius inconspicue albo-lepidoto, margine minute spinosa, spinis haud ultra 1 mm longis, ca. 8 mm inter se distantibus, apice rotundato, recurvato et mucrone tenue aucto. Scapus erectus, 35-40cm altus, 5mm crassus, albo-lepidotus, internodiis ca.10, inferioribus 6cm longis, superioribus sensim brevioribus; bracteis scapalibus inferioribus totaliter amplectentibus, in apicem versus margine minute serrulata, 6cm longis, 3cm latis, superioribus patentibus usque ad divaricata, late lanceolata, in apicem scapi versus ovatis cum acumine rigidiusculo, prope inflorescentiam valde aggregatis, 6-9cm longis, 2-3cm latis. Inflorescentia erecta, simplicissina, strobiliformis, cylindrica 4-8cm longa, 2-3cm diamet.; bracteis florigeris suborbicularibus, concavis, roseis, lepidibus albis obtectis, apice truncato et apiculato, dorso tricarinato et gibboso, 8mm diamet., ovarium aequantibus et involventibus sed haud in totum. Flores subsessiles 20mm longi; Sepalis asymetris, ovalibus, 12mm longis, 5mm latis, 4 mm alte connatis, apice nullo modo mucronato, albescentibus, exterius lepidibus albis obtectis; petalis spathulatis, acutis, 17mm longis, albis, demum nigrescentibus, prope basim ligulis binis, fimbriatis auctis; staminibus 12mm longis, filamentis complanatis, antheris 5mm longis, linearibus, base obtusa et leviter sagittata, apice apiculato; ovario 5mm longo, subcylindrico; tubo epigyno lmm longo; placentis apice loculis affixis; ovulis longe caudatis.

Observations: —Related to A. lamarcheti Mez and A. chlorophylla L.B.Sm., this new species is readily distinguished by the shape of the floral bract and the color of the corolla. It is also close to A. kautskyana Pereira & Smith, from which it differs in the color of the corolla and in the shape of the leaves.

Edited from : Bradea. (protologue) .