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Type: Article
Published: 2020-01-29
Page range: 157–202
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Miscellaneous new species in the “Cryptanthoid complex” (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) from Eastern Brazil

Collaborative Researcher, Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Research Associate, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, USA.
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Depto. Biologia Vegetal, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, CEP 44380-000, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, CEP 44380-000, Brazil.
Museu de Biologia Prof. Mello Leitão, Av. José Ruschi, 4, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.650-000, Brazil.
Núcleo de Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental-NEMA, Universidade do Vale do São Francisco, Campus Ciências Agrárias, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Atlantic Forest Caatinga Campos Rupestres Brazilian species morphology taxonomy conservation Monocots

Abstract

The authors describe and illustrate 18 new species of the “Cryptanhoid complex”, encompassing the genera Cryptanthus (C. cruzalmensis, C. guanduensis, C. santateresinhensis, and C. univittatus), Forzzaea (F. coutensis, F. flavipetala, F. pseudomicra, and F. viridifolia), Hoplocryptanthus (H. knegtianus), Orthophytum subg. Orthophytum (O. alagoanum, O. brejoense, O. formosense, O. minimum, and O. santosianum), Orthophytum subg. Capixabanthus (O. arcanum), and Orthophytum subg. Clavanthus (O. cristaliense, O. gouveianum, and O. viridissimum). Besides, identification keys are provided for the first time for the species of the recently described genus Forzzaea and for Orthophytum subgenera Capixabanthus and Clavanthus.