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Issue: Vol. 446 No. 2: 27 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.446.2.6
Page range: 128–134
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

A new Werauhia (Tillandsioideae, Bromeliaceae) from Mexico with observations about its reproductive biology

Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana, José María Morelos No. 44 y 46. Col. Centro, C.P. 91000, Xalapa, Veracruz, México. Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Levanon street, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana, José María Morelos No. 44 y 46. Col. Centro, C.P. 91000, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
Herbario Metropolitano, Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa. Apartado Postal 55– 535, 09340, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Herbario Metropolitano, Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa. Apartado Postal 55– 535, 09340, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Deutsche Homöopathie-Union, Ottostrasse 24, D–76227 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Department of Biosciences, Plant Ecology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Levanon street, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana, José María Morelos No. 44 y 46. Col. Centro, C.P. 91000, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
Bromeliad Mexico nectar Tabasco Monocots

Abstract

Werauhia maculata a new species from Tabasco, Mexico is described and illustrated. The new taxon possesses a large tank-rosette, with conspicuous and irregularly disposed dark purple marks on the basal portion of the leaves abaxial surface, a simple inflorescence, with secund and numerous whitish-flowers densely arranged on the rachis. The new taxon is compared with W. pectinata and W. noctiflorens, species with similar characteristics. In addition, some data about its reproductive biology are presented.