Leme et al. 2008 (Article) Alcantarea

Three New Alcantarea Species from Espírito Santos and Minas Gerais, Brazil

Author(s):—E.M.C. Leme & A. Paviotti Fontana

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58(5): 205–216. (2008)

Abstract:—The north and northwest region of Espírito Santo state, mainly the area close to the border of Minas Gerais State, are outstanding due to the presence of hundreds of isolated granitic inselbergs which are covered by quite well preserved typical vegetation, sheltering in most cases a flora with rich biodiversity, scientifically unexplored, and full of endemic elements. As a matter of fact, rock outcrops usually do not attract much agricultural interest, and have frequently been preserved from human impact, keeping their refugial character (Porembski et al., 1998)

Published names (3):

Alcantarea longibracteata
Alcantarea nigripetala
Alcantarea simplicisticha