Leme & Luther 1988 (Article) Aechmea

A New Aechmea from Southeastern Brazil

Author(s):—E.M.C. Leme & H.E. Luther

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 38(4): 150-152. (1988)

Abstract:—Aechmea pedicetlata, a species very delicate in appearance, is found in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil, growing on hilltops 800-900 m high and covered with a low Atlantic forest. This new species, according to the key presented by L.B. Smith and R.J. Downs,’ is closely related to Aechmea podantha L . B. Smith. It differs in the well developed pedicels and the tuberculate ovary (in A. podantha the ovary is not more than verrucose). It also resembles, although superficially, A. racinae var. erecta L. B. Smith, except that the leaf sheaths form an ellipsoid tank, the scape is shorter than the leaves, the sepals and petals are shorter and the latter are solid blue, and the ovary is tuberculate

Published names (1):

Aechmea pedicellata