Hohenbergia tetaensis Proctor & Cedeño-Maldonado[as Hohenbergia tetaensis Proctor & Cedeno-Maldonado]

Diagnose: —Inter species H. portoricenses ad H. antillanani Mez accedens sed foliis brevioribus (1 m vs. 1.5 m) et angustioribus (6 cm vs. 8.5 cm), spiculis tenuioribus (ca. 2cm vs. 3 cm), stipitibus tenuioribus (3- 4 mm vs. 8-12 mm) et bracteis brevioribus (12-17 mm vs. 20 - 25 mm) ab ea recedens. Ab H. portoricensi Mez et H. attenuata inflorescentia densa rigida et indumenti floccosi distinguenda manifeste.

Observations: —Hohenbergia tetaensis most resembles H. antillana Mez among Puerto Rican species, but differs in having shorter (to 1 m long vs. to 1.5 m long) and narrower (averaging 6 cm wide vs. 8.5 cm wide) leaves; thinner spikelets (averaging 2 vs. 3 cm.), their stalks 3-4 mm thick vs. 8-12 mm in H. antilliana; and smaller floral bracts (12-17 vs. 20-25 mm long). Its dense, rigid inflorescence with floccose indument clearly distinguishes it from H. portoricensis Mez in DC and H. attenuata Britton
Puerto Rico: Known only from the eastern peak of Tetas de Cayey, Salinas.

Edited from : Harvard Pap. Bot.. (protologue) .