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Issue: Vol. 291 No. 2: 11 January 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-01-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.2.9
Page range: 163–166
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Guzmania (Bromeliaceae) from Southern Ecuador

Utrecht University Botanic Garden (U), Budapestlaan 17, 3584 CD, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Casilla Postal 17-09-7518, Quito, Ecuador.
Sakuraga Oka 3-4-9, Tama City 206-0013, Japan.
Tillandsioideae Tillandsieae Monocots Ecuador

Abstract

A new species of Guzmania from Ecuador, Province El Oro, closely related to G. teuscheri Smith (1960: 86), is described and illustrated here. It can easily be confused with this species, especially in herbarium specimen, in which the colour and structure of petals are lost.