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Published: 2020-02-03
Page range: 277–286
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A new species of Androlepis (Bromelioideae; Bromeliaceae), endemic from southern Megamexico

Unidad de Recursos Naturales-Herbario CICY, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C., Calle 43 × 32 y 34 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, CP 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, México
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CLAUDIA J. RAMÍREZ-DÍAZ


Unidad de Recursos Naturales-Herbario CICY, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C., Calle 43 × 32 y 34 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, CP 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, México
Unidad de Recursos Naturales-Herbario CICY, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C., Calle 43 × 32 y 34 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, CP 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, México
Unidad de Recursos Naturales-Herbario CICY, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C., Calle 43 × 32 y 34 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, CP 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, México Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames, Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Departamento de Botánica, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil km. 15.5, Apdo. Postal 4-115, Itzimná, CP 97100 Mérida, Yucatán, México
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt and Goethe University, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Chiapas Highlands province Androlepis Alliance dioecy Veracruzan province Monocots

Abstract

Androlepis najarroi (Bromelioideae, Bromeliaceae), a third dioecious species identified in the subfamily, is proposed as new from the Chiapas Highlands and Veracruzan biogeographical provinces, southern Megamexico. The novelty is superficially similar to Aechmea lueddemanniana but features characteristics of Androlepis, such as unisexual flowers and apically divided filaments. Based upon available information on the species and current generic concepts, assigning this species to Androlepis might only be provisional. The present contribution includes distribution maps, iconography, an identification key to the species of Androlepis, and a preliminary evaluation of the conservation status of this new species.