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Issue: Vol. 472 No. 2: 23 November 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.472.2.10
Page range: 201–206
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Acanthostachys calcicola (Bromeliaceae, Bromelioideae), a new species from a limestone outcrop in Tocantins State, Brazil

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus Rio Claro, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Av. 24A 1515, 13506–900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Identification & Naming Department, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom TW9 3AE.
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus Rio Claro, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Av. 24A 1515, 13506–900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus Rio Claro, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Av. 24A 1515, 13506–900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Bromeliad Cerrado Karst Neotropical Region Northern Brazil Poales saxicolous Bambuí conservation assessment Monocots

Abstract

A new species of bromeliad, Acanthostachys calcicola, a third taxon for the genus, is here described. A. calcicola was discovered during field work in the limestone outcrops of south-eastern Tocantins, central Brazil. It is most similar to A. strobilacea, but differs from it in petal colour and length, and exserted stamens and pistil. A conservation assessment classifies A. calcicola as endangered (EN) with extinction.