Cascante & Morales 2021 (Article) Werauhia

A new species of Werauhia (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae) from the highlands of southern Central America

Author(s):—A. Cascante M. & J.F. Morales

Corresponding email:—alfredo.cascante@ucr.ac.cr

Publication:—Phytotaxa 523(3): 254–258. (2021) — DOI

Abstract:—The authors describe and illustrate a new species of Tillandsioid epiphytic bromeliad, Werauhia talamancana, from the mountains of southern Central America. This new species is related to W. brunei by its smooth, lustrous and distichous floral bracts (not secund) at anthesis but differs from the latter by its larger flowers and brown-maroon floral bracts (versus greenish). This new species belongs to section Werauhia and is part of a group of species with spicate simple inflorescences with relatively large floral bracts.

Keywords:—Costa Rica, epiphytic bromeliad, montane forest, Talamanca, Monocots

Published names (1):

Werauhia talamancana