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Type: Article
Published: 2014-06-11
Page range: 46–50
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Pitcairnia albifolia (Bromeliaceae), a new species from the Talamanca Mountains in Veraguas Province, Panama

UCH Herbarium of the Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí, Republic of Panama and Herbarium Senckenbergianum Frankfurt/Main (FR), Germany
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DANIEL ADOLFO CÁCERES GONZÁLEZ

Research ad honorem
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Research Collaborator, Avenida Roosevelt, Edificio Tupper 401, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama
Pitcairnia albifolia Bromeliaceae new species

Abstract

Bromeliaceae Juss. comprises 3,348 species and 58 genera (Luther 2012), grouped in subfamilies Brocchinioideae, Bromelioideae, Hechtioideae, Lindmanioideae, Navioideae, Pitcairnioideae, Puyoideae, and Tillandsioideae (Givnish et al. 2007). According to Luther (2012), the genus Pitcairnia Ruiz & Pav. has ca. 342 species and is the most diverse in Pitcairnioideae.