Monteiro 2020 (Article) Fernseea

Taxonomy of Fernseea: a Brazilian endemic and endangered genus of Bromeliaceae

Author(s):—R.F. Monteiro

Publication:—Brittonia 20(10): 1–9. (2020) — DOI

Abstract:—Fernseea is an endemic Atlantic rainforest genus of Bromeliaceae comprising only two species: the endangered Fernseea itatiaiae and the critically endangered Fernseea bocainensis. A taxonomic overview of Fernseea is provided, including complete morphological and leaf anatomy descriptions of its taxa and comments on their taxonomy, biogeography, and conservation status, along with a key to facilitate the identification of the two species of Fernseea. A neotype for F. itatiaiae is designated, and a new form, F. bocainensis forma brevifolia, which cooccurs with the typical form, is described based on its distinctive vegetative morphology.

Keywords:—Early divergent Bromelioideae, systematics, neotypification, Itatiaia National park, Serra da Bocaina National Park, Atlantic rainforest, Brazil.

Published names (1):

Fernseea bocainensis forma brevifolia

Taxonomy:—Fernseea itatiaiae Neotype designated: [Ilustration in] Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. t.19. 1883 (digital image available at Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg). (p.5).