Leme 2015b (Article) Cryptanthus, Aechmea

Two new bromelioid species from Brazil

Author(s):—E.M.C. Leme

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 65(2): 87-99. (2015)

Abstract:—In Bromeliaceae, the subfamily Bromelioideae displays striking ecological versatility, occupying a wide range of terrestrial, lithophytic, and epiphytic habitats and its monophyly is strongly supported by both morphological and molecular data (Schulte et al. 2009). It comprises 32 genera and about 987 species (Luther 2012, Gouda et al. [cont. upd.]) with a center of diversity in southeastern Brazil in general and in the Atlantic Forest biome in particular (Smith & Downs 1979). Many representatives of the three largest genera in number of species - Aechmea (283 spp.), Neoregelia (122 spp.) and Cryptanthus (80 spp.) (Gouda et al., cont. upd) - can be found here.

Published names (2):

Aechmea sumidourensis
Cryptanthus boanovensis