Leme & Büneker 2015 (Article) Dyckia, Rocky Outcrops

A new Dyckia species from Mato Grosso do Sul, central Brazil

Author(s):—E.M.C. Leme & H.M. Büneker

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 65(2): 129-136. (2015)

Abstract:—In the family Bromeliaceae, Dyckia Schult. & Schult. f. is the second largest genus in the subfamily Pitcairnioideae s. str. (Givnish et al. 2007) with 164 species, being surpassed only by Pitcairnia L’Hér. (403 spp.), while the remaining three pitcairnioid genera, Deuterocohnia Mez, Encholirium Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. and Fosterella L.B. Sm., have 18 spp., 28 spp., and 32 spp., respectively (Luther 2012, Gouda et al. cont. upd.).
Dyckia is known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. In Brazil, where about 85% of the known Dyckia species are found, it occurs from sea level to elevations over 1000 m, usually in sun-exposed niches within Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Pampa, Restinga, and more often Campos Rupestres and Cerrado vegetation.
In southwest-central Brazil, rocky outcrops in the Cerrado biome of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul shelter countless Dyckia species, some of which have been described or reported in recent years, like D. excelsa Leme (Paggi et al. 2015), D. gracilis Mez (Paggi et al. 2015), D. grandidentata P.J. Braun & Pereira (Braun & Pereira 2008), D. paucispina Leme & Esteves (Leme & Pereira 2003), D. pottiorum Leme (Leme et al. 2012) and D. stolonifera P.J. Braun & Esteves (Braun & Esteves 2009). However new taxa can still be found, like the species described bellow.

Published names (1):

Dyckia divaricata