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genus Navia Schult. & Schult.f.

(subfam. Navioideae)

Publ: Syst. Veg. 7(2): lxv, 1195 (1830)

Type: Navia caulescens Martius ex Schultes filius in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. 7(2): 1195. 1830

Number of species: 94
   and 7 infraspecific taxa
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Genus Notes:

in Roem. & Schult., Syst. veg. 7(2): lxv, 1195. Oct-Dec 1830.
Lecto Type Navia caulescens Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. veg. 7(2): lxv, 1195. Oct-Dec 1830, designated by L.B. Smith (in ING Card No. 00747. 1 Oct 1955). One species of the genus (i.e. Navia lopezii L.B. Sm., Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard 15: 40. 1951) has often been cited as the single exception to the rule in the family that one of its species lacked typical bromeliad trichomes. However, closer examination revealed this enigmatic species to be a member of Velloziaceae, and a new genus Araratitiyopea was established to accommodate it by Steyermark & Berry (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 71: 297. 1984). With the removal of this extraneous species, the Bromeliaceae became even better defined. Currently recognized in the subfam. Pitcairnioideae. “Nomen in honorem ill. Equitis de Nau, Cons. int. etc., historiae naturalis et Physices cultoris praeclari, dedit ill. De Martius.” [Name given in dedication by Martius in honor of the illustrious Knight of Nau, Cons. int. et., distinguished supporter of natural history and physics.]
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)