Castro 2008 (Article) Orthophytum, Rocky Outcrops

Orthophytum humile: an endangered species of Brazilian flora

Author(s):—O.B. Castro Ribeiro & C.C. Paula

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58(3): 101-105. (2008)

Abstract:—The genus Orthophytum Beer is endemic to the northeastern and southeastern regions of Brazil, with a center of diversity along the Espinhaço Range, in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais (Wanderley 1990; Leme 2004; Versieux and Wendt 2006). The members of this genus are rupicolous, saxicolous, or terrestrial, frequently found in open places that have much light and dry soil, on top of the rocky outcrops of the grasslands of rocky soils in the Espinhaço Range, in the scarps of the Atlantic Rainforest or in the domains of the Caatinga (Smith and Downs 1979)