Scharf & Gouda 2008 (Article) Terminology

Bringing Bromeliaceae Back to Homeland Botany

Author(s):—U. Scharf & E.J. Gouda

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58(3): 123-129. (2008)

Abstract:—Summary. The terms used by Mez (1896, 1934), and Smith & Downs (1974, 1977, 1979), sneb as "bi-/tri-pinnate", "scape" and "inflorescence" for example, in ways that deviate front those proposed by Linnaens, and other ferms nsed in a non-Linnean tradition in Bromeliaceae Literatiire (anterior, posterior, actinomorph, zygomorph, irregular, imbricate) are presented together with their use in general botany. Furfhermore, a catalogne of all parts of a bromeliad plant (Gouda 2007) is published as a guide line to describe, for exanple, specimens of a new taxon. Definitions of differently understood organs (inflorescence, scape, bi-/ tri-pinnate) are given.