Abstract
The authors describe and illustrate a new species of Tillandsioid epiphytic bromeliad, Werauhia talamancana, from the mountains of southern Central America. This new species is related to W. brunei by its smooth, lustrous and distichous floral bracts (not secund) at anthesis but differs from the latter by its larger flowers and brown-maroon floral bracts (versus greenish). This new species belongs to section Werauhia and is part of a group of species with spicate simple inflorescences with relatively large floral bracts.
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<p>Morales, J.F. (2003a) Bromeliaceae. Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volumen 2. Gimnospermas y Monocotiledóneas (Agavaceae-Musaceae). <em>Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden</em> 92: 297–375.</p>
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<p>Morales, J.F. (2003c) Nuevas combinaciones y un nuevo nombre en las Bromeliaceae de Costa Rica. <em>Polibotánica</em> 15: 109–111.</p>
<p>Smith, L.B. (1938) Bromeliaceae. <em>North American Flora</em> 19: 61–228.</p>
<p>Smith, L.B. (1958) Notes on Bromeliaceae, IX. <em>Phytologia</em> 6: 193–196.</p>
<p>Smith, L.B. (1960) Notes on Bromeliaceae, XIV. <em>Phytologia</em> 7: 169–179.</p>
<p>Smith, L.B. (1963) Notes on Bromeliaceae, XIX. <em>Phytologia</em> 8: 497–506.</p>
<p>Smith, L.B. (1974) Notes on Bromeliaceae, XXXVI. <em>Phytologia</em> 28: 319–333.</p>
<p>Thiers, B. (2021 [continuously updated]) <em>Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff.</em> New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium, New York. Available from: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/ (accessed 31 January 2021).</p>
<p>Wendland, H.A. (1863) Beschreiburgen einiger neuer Pflanzen aus dem Kgl. Berggarten zu Herrenhausen bei Hannover. <em>Hamburger Garten-Blumenzeitung</em> 19: 29–34.</p>