Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 607 No. 5: 14 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.607.5.1
Page range: 262-272
Abstract views: 1013
PDF downloaded: 26

A new species of Tillandsia (Tillandsioidae, Bromeliaceae) from the high Andean forests near Bogotá (Colombia)

Instituto de Ciencias Naturales; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Sede Bogotá
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Sede Bogotá; Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia; Bogotá; Colombia
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Sede Bogotá
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Sede Bogotá
Monocots Biodiversity Chingaza Conservation Eastern Cordillera of Colombia Neotropical flora

Abstract

A new species of Tillandsia from high elevation forests of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia is described here: Tillandsia chingacensis. This species is unique because of its floral parts densely covered with a resin-like substance, and exceptionally long fruits. Although this species has distichous flowers and bears petal appendages, it was not placed in Vriesea because it shows morphological affinities to species of Tillandsia subg. Allardtia, suggesting a better placement of this taxon in Tillandsia. The discovery of this species is the result of recent explorations to a former war zone in the proximity of Bogotá (Colombia). This novelty demonstrates that further scientific expeditions to these areas recently opened for exploration will bring numerous taxonomic discoveries for Colombia. Finally, the description of this new species is complemented with notes on its geographical distribution, habitat, conservation status and a discussion of its taxonomic affinities.

 

References

  1. Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2018) Una nueva rana de huesos verdes del género Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) asociada a los bosques subandinos de la cuenca del río Magdalena, Colombia. Biota colombiana 19: 131–159. https://doi.org/10.21068/c2018.v19s1a11
  2. Aguirre-Santoro, J. & Betancur, J. (2019) Taxonomic novelties in the subfamily Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae) for the Colombian Amazon. Brittonia 71: 15–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-018-9548-y
  3. Aguirre-Santoro, J., Michelangeli, F.A. & Stevenson, D.W. (2016) Molecular phylogenetics of the Ronnbergia Alliance (Bromeliaceae, Bromelioideae) and insights into their morphological evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.007
  4. Baker, J.G. (1888) A synopsis of Tillandsieae. Journal of Botany, British and foreign 26: 39–50.
  5. Barfuss, M.H.J., Samuel, R., Till, W. & Stuessy, T.F. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships in subfamily Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae) based on DNA sequence data from seven plastid regions. American Journal of Botany 92: 337–351. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.92.2.337
  6. Barfuss, M.H.J., Till, W., Leme, E.M.C., Pinzón, J.P., Manzanares, J.M., Halbritter, H., Samuel, R. & Brown, G.K. (2016) Taxonomic revision of Bromeliaceae subfam. Tillandsioideae based on a multi-locus DNA sequence phylogeny and morphology. Phytotaxa 279: 1–97. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.279.1.1
  7. Bernal, R., Gradstein, S. & Celis, M. (2015) New names and new combinations for the Catalogue of the Plants and Lichens of Colombia. Phytoneuron 22: 1–6.
  8. Betancur, J., González, M.F., Hernández-Aldana, E., Castro, C., Gómez Suescún, F., Hernández Rodríguez, D. & Galindo Tarazona, R. (2018) Los Colores del Páramo de Chingaza. Guía de plantas. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 380 pp.
  9. Brown, G.K. & Terry, R.G. (1992) Petal Appendages in Bromeliaceae. American Journal of Botany 79: 1051–1071. https://doi.org/10.2307/2444915
  10. Costa, A.F. da, Gomes-da-Silva, J. & das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M. (2014) Vriesea (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae): taxonomic history, and morphology of the Brazilian lineage. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 141: 338–352. https://doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-13-00070.1
  11. Costa, A.F. da, Gomes-da-Silva, J. & Wanderley, M. das G.L. (2015) Vriesea (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae): a cladistic analysis of eastern Brazilian species based on morphological characters. Rodriguésia 66: 429–440. https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-7860201566211
  12. Diazgranados, M. & Sánchez, L.R. (2017) Espeletia praesidentis, a new species of Espeletiinae (Millerieae, Asteraceae) from northeastern Colombia. PhytoKeys 76: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.76.11220
  13. Dietrich, A.G. (1852) Beschreibung einer neuen Bromeliaceen Gattung, nebst der dahin gehührenben Art. Allgemeine Gatenzeitung 20: 241–243.
  14. Gilmartin, A.J. (1968) Taxonomic notes on some Bromeliaceae of Ecuador. Phytologia 16: 153–167.
  15. Givnish, T.J., Barfuss, M.H.J., Van Ee, B., Riina, R., Schulte, K., Horres, R., Gonsiska, P.A., Jabaily, R.S., Crayn, D.M., Smith, J.A.C., Winter, K., Brown, G.K., Evans, T.M., Holst, B.K., Luther, H., Till, W., Zizka, G., Berry, P.E. & Sytsma, K.J. (2011) Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny. American Journal of Botany 98: 872–895. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000059
  16. Gomes-da-Silva, J. & Souza-Chies, T.T. (2018) What actually is Vriesea? A total evidence approach in a polyphyletic genus of Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae, Poales). Cladistics 34: 181–199. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12200
  17. Gouda, E.J. (1987) Bromeliaceae (subfamily Tillandsioideae). In: Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A. (ed.) Flora of the Guiana’s Series A: Phanerogams. Vol. 3 (189). 112 pp.
  18. Gouda, E.J., Butcher, D. & Gouda, C.S. (2022 [continuously updated]) Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads. Version 4. Available from: https://bromeliad.nl/encyclopedia/ (accessed: 3 June 2022)
  19. Grant, J.R. (1993) True Tillandsias misplaced in Vriesea (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae). Phytologia 75: 170–175. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.17309
  20. Grant, J.R. (1995a) Addendum to “The resurrection of Alcantarea and Werauhia, a new genus” (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae). Phytologia 78: 119–123. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1926
  21. Grant, J.R. (1995b) Bromelienstudien. The resurrection of Alcantarea and Werauhia, a new genus. Tropische und Subtropische Pflanzenwelt 91: 16–57.
  22. Grisebach, A.H.R. (1864) Ueber die von Fendler in Venezuela gesammelten Bromeliaceen. Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und von der Georg-Augusts-Universität zu Göttingen 1864: 1–21.
  23. Harms, H. (1929) Bromeliaceae novae III. Notizblatt des Königl. botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 10: 784–805. https://doi.org/10.2307/3994800
  24. IUCN Standards and Petitions Committee. (2022) Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 15.1. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Committee. Available from: https://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf (accessed: 25 January 2023).
  25. Kessous, I.M. & Costa, A.F. (2023) Novelties in “incertae sedis” Vriesea (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae): Redescriptions, new combinations and nomenclatural revision. Phytotaxa 585 (2): 71–101. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.585.2.1
  26. Lindley, J. (1843) Coloured figures of plants and shrubs, cultivated in British gardens, accompanied by their history and best method of treatment in cultivation, propagation. Edwards’s botanical Register 6: 1–85.
  27. Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 560 pp.
  28. Machado, T.M., Loiseau, O., Paris, M., Weigand, A., Versieux, L.M., Stehmann, J.R., Lexer, C. & Salamin, N. (2020) Systematics of Vriesea (Bromeliaceae): phylogenetic relationships based on nuclear gene and partial plastome sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 192: 656–674. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz102
  29. Mendoza-Cifuentes, H., Aguirre-Santoro, J. & Idárraga, Á. (2018) Dos nuevas especies de Miconia (Melastomataceae) del piedemonte oriental de la cordillera Central de Antioquia, Colombia. Biota colombiana 19: 17–28. https://doi.org/10.21068/c2018.v19s1a03
  30. Mez, C. (1894) Bromeliaceae. In: Martius, C.F.P. von, Eichler, A.W. & Urban, I. (Eds.) Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 3 (3). F. Fleischer, Leipzig, pp. 173–634.
  31. Mez, C. (1896) Bromeliaceae. In: Candolle, C. de (Ed.) Monographie Phanerogamarum vol. 9. Sumptibus Masson & Cie., Paris, pp. 1–990.
  32. Scharf, U. & Gouda, E.J. (2008) Bringing Bromeliaceae back to homeland botany. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58: 123–129.
  33. Smith, L.B. (1963) Notes on Bromeliaceae, XX. Phytologia 9: 242–261.
  34. Smith, L.B. (1974) Notes on Bromeliaceae, XXV. Phytologia 28: 24–42.
  35. Smith, L.B. & Downs, R.J. (1977) Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). In: Flora Neotropica Monograph, vol. 14. Hafner Press, New York, pp. 663–1492.
  36. Till, W. & Grant, J.R. (2003) Tillandsia francisci, a large new species from the Andes of Venezuela and Colombia. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 53: 195–199.
  37. Ule, E. (1906) II. Beiträge zur Flora der Hylaea nach den Sammlungen von Ule’s Amazonas-Expedition. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg 48: 117–208.
  38. Vargas, O. & Pedraza, P. (2004) El Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza. Gente Nueva Editorial, Bogotá D.C, 197 pp.
  39. Versieux, L.M., Barbará, T., Wanderley, M. das G.L., Calvente, A., Fay, M.F. & Lexer, C. (2012) Molecular phylogenetics of the Brazilian giant bromeliads (Alcantarea, Bromeliaceae): implications for morphological evolution and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 177–189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.015