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Issue: Vol. 188 No. 4: 15 December 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.188.4.6
Page range: 233–237
Abstract views: 15
PDF downloaded: 1

Aechmea nigribracteata (Bromeliaceae), a new species from southern Bahia, Brazil

Jardim Botânico do Recife, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 50000-230. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 50670-930.
Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 50670-930.
Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 50670-930. Temporary address: Senckenberg Naturmuseum. 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Atlantic Forest Bromelioideae Neotropics Poales northeastern Brazil

Abstract

Herein is described and illustrated a new Aechmea species. Aechmea nigribracteata grows in southern Bahia (Brazil), a region recognised as highly diverse in bromeliads. Aechmea nigribracteata belongs to Aechmea subg. Chevaliera and has completely dentate, blackish floral bracts and petals with two crenate-laciniate ligules.