<strong>The rediscovery, after one century, of <em>Vriesea maculosa</em> (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae) with an amendment to its description</strong>

Leonardo de Melo Versieux; Matheus Nogueira; Abel Augusto Conceição

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.188.4.2

Issue: Vol. 188 No. 4: 15 December 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-12-15

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.188.4.2

Page range: 198–208

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**The rediscovery, after one century, of Vriesea maculosa (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae) with an amendment to its description**

Leonardo de Melo Versieux⁺⁻
Matheus Nogueira⁺⁻
Abel Augusto Conceição⁺⁻

Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59078-900, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.

Chapada Diamantina epiphytes lithophytes Poales Tillandsioideae Vrieseeae

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Abstract

Vriesea maculosa Mez is a poorly known species with no further recordings since the type collection 101 years ago. As a result of our research about Vriesea as part of the study of the Flora of Bahia, Brazil, new specimens and data are now available for this species justifying an amendment to its description. We provide a complete taxonomical description, including floral details analyzed in freshly collected material. We propose to treat V. fabioi as a new synonym of V. maculosa, and expand on the distribution and phenotypic variation found between populations. The species is illustrated in detail, using line drawings as well as photographs of different populations in the field.