Hernandez et al. 2022 (Article) Hechtia. Mexico

Seven New Species of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae; Hechtioideae) from Puebla, Mexico

Author(s):—R.A. Hernández C., A. Siekkinen, A. Espejo S. & A.R. López F.

Corresponding email:—ralejandrohc@gmail.com

Publication:—Systematic Botany 47(1): 190–207. (2022) — DOI

Abstract:—The genus Hechtia includes 91 species (with those described herein), 88 of them present in Mexico, and the entire genus is endemic to the region termed Megaméxico 3 by Rzedowski. With 21 species, the Mexican state of Puebla is the second most species rich. As a result of botanical exploration for the project Bromeliaceae of Mexico, we describe here seven new species, all endemic to Puebla: Hechtia anarosae, H. dasylirioides, H. espejoana, H. longissimifolia, H. microcarpa, H. minimiflora, and H. vicesphaeroblasta. The proposed species are compared with morphologically similar taxa (H. caulescens, H. ensifolia, H. flexilifolia, H. fragilis, H. podantha, and H. sphaeroblasta). Morpho- logical descriptions, images, and a map with distributions of the described taxa are included, as well as an identification key and a list of specimens examined of all the species of Hechtia currently known from the state of Puebla

Keywords:—Balsas Basin, endemism, monocots, Poales

Published names (7):

Hechtia anarosae
Hechtia dasylirioides
Hechtia espejoana
Hechtia longissimifolia
Hechtia microcarpa
Hechtia minimiflora
Hechtia vicesphaeroblasta