Guzmania recurvobracteata Rauh[as Guzmania recurvobracteata Rauh]

Diagnose: —Planta acaulis, florens usque ad 30 cm alta; folia numerosa rosulam laxam infundibuliformem formantia; vaginae ellipticae, 13-18 cm longae, usque ad 7 cm latae, virides, basim versus brunnescentes, indistincte limitatae; laminae ligulatae, apice rotundatae mucronatae, usque ad 30 cm longae striis transversis irregularibus subtilibus; scapus inflorescentiae brevis, raro usque ad 15 cm longus, plerumque in axem rosulae immersus, glaber, albus; phylla scapi subfoliata, scapum omnino involventia, erecta, superiora alba vel pallide rufescentia; inflorescentia erecta, plerumque a foliis rosulae superata, simplex, breviter ellipsoidea, usque ad 10 cm longa, usque ad 5 cm crassa, multiflora; bracteae florales polysticha, 4-5 cm longa, 2 cm lata, basalia breviter viridi-acuminata, superiora obtusa, in triente superiore recurvata, cymbiformiter involuta, pallide cinnabarina vel punicea, basim versus albo- et rubro-striata; flores lutei a bracteis floralibus omnino obtecti; sepala libera, 1,5 cm longa, usque ad 9 mm lata, coriacea alutacea, apicem obtusum versus rufescentia, ecarinata, glabra; petala anguste lanceolata, 3,3 cm longa, usque ad medium connata et apicibus conniventia; stamina cum stylo inclusa. Habitat: Ecuador centralis, in sylva montium inferiore (prope haciendam Selva negra iuxta viam antiquam Quito versus) Holotypus : Rauh Nr. 34 472, in herb. inst. hot. system.univ.heidelb. (HEID). Guzmania recurvo-bracteata RAUH spec. nov.

Edited from : Rauh 1979b. (protologue) Bromelienstudien (Mitteilung 9). I. Neue und wenig bekannte Arten aus Peru und anderen Ländern .