The Dyckia sordida complex (Bromeliaceae, Pitcairnioideae) and a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Henrique Mallmann Büneker; Kelen Pureza Soares; Lucas Coelho de Assis

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.244.1.4

Issue: Vol. 244 No. 1: 15 January 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-01-15

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.244.1.4

Page range: 57–68

Abstract views: 14

PDF downloaded: 1

**The Dyckia sordida complex (Bromeliaceae, Pitcairnioideae) and a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil**

Henrique Mallmann Büneker⁺⁻
Kelen Pureza Soares⁺⁻
Lucas Coelho de Assis⁺⁻

Colégio Politécnico da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Avenida Roraima, 1000, Camobi, 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Herbário do Departamento de Ciências Florestais (HDCF), Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Avenida Roraima, 1000, Camobi, 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Herbário do Departamento de Ciências Florestais (HDCF), Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Avenida Roraima, 1000, Camobi, 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Baden-Württembergisches Brasilien-Zentrum der Universität Tübingen, Wilhelmstr, Tübingen, Germany.

Espinhaço Mountain Range taxonomy Dyckia inflexifolia Dyckia nobilis sp. nov. Dyckia ursina Moncots Brazil

Requires Subscription or Fee PDF (3MB)

Abstract

Dyckia nobilis, a new species of Bromeliaceae (Pitcairnioideae) from the Espinhaço Mountain Range (Minas Gerais, Brazil), is hereby described and illustrated. A summary of information on the species of the Dyckia sordida complex (i.e. D. inflexifolia, D. sordida and D. ursina), to which this new species belongs, is provided, including data on habitat, morphology, etymology as well as a key to the species of this complex. The species are evaluated for their conservation status according to the IUCN criteria.