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Issue: Vol. 660 No. 2: 18 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.660.2.4
Page range: 137-148
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Tillandsia ramon-lopezii: a new species from Venezuela, similar to T. brachycaulos (Bromeliaceae)

Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A. C., Unidad de Recursos Naturales-Herbario CICY, Calle 43 # 130 x 32 y 34. Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán 97205, México
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A. C., Unidad de Recursos Naturales-Herbario CICY, Calle 43 # 130 x 32 y 34. Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán 97205, México, Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames, Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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
Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Chiná, Calle 11 s.n., CP 24520, Campeche, México
Monocots Liliopsida northern South America Poales Tillandsia capitata

Abstract

A species of Tillandsia, Tillandsia ramon-lopezii, from northern Venezuela, is proposed as new. The new taxon belongs in a group of species that are morphologically similar to T. brachycaulos but whose relationships require clarification. A full description, relevant iconography, including scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of peltate foliar and floral bract scales, and a discussion of affinities are provided. The conservation status of the new species was assessed using the IUCN Red List Criteria as LC.

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