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Issue: Vol. 691 No. 2: 6 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.7
Page range: 211-220
Abstract views: 731
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Vriesea serraourensis (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae), a new species from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora-CNCFlora; Diretoria de Pesquisas, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Brazil.
Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora-CNCFlora; Diretoria de Pesquisas, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Brazil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil
Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura (CNPMF), Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil
Collaborative Researcher, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Research Associate, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, USA.
Bromeliads Flora of Bahia Poales Campo rupestre Rocky ecosystems Monocots

Abstract

We describe, discuss, and illustrate Vriesea serraourensis, a new species from the Chapada Diamantina in the municipality of Barra da Estiva and Ituaçu, Bahia, Brazil, here considered a critically endangered species. The new species is morphologically related to V. bahiana but clearly differs from it by its larger size, longer and fewer leaves, inflorescence branches forming an internal angle of 30o–45o with the main axis, sepals yellow and ovate, petals narrowly obovate, whitish-yellow towards the base and yellow at the apex, and basal petal appendages with acuminate or irregularly bidentate apex. Additionally, we provide the phenology of the new species.

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How to Cite

Souza, E.H.D., Fernandez, E.P., Ferreira, G.C., Aona, L.Y.S., Souza, F.V.D. & Leme, E.M.C. (2025) Vriesea serraourensis (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae), a new species from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 691 (2): 211–220. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.691.2.7