Abstract
Two new species of Cryptanthus from Bahia State, in northeastern Brazil, are described and illustrated. Cryptanthus apiculatantherus occurs in Atlantic Forest and Cryptanthus brevibracteatus was discovered in a transition area between Atlantic Forest and Caatinga. Cryptanthus apiculatantherus and C. bibarrensis have similar stem lengths and leaf blade shapes, but differ mainly by the stem diameter, width of the leaf sheaths, sepal and petal color, anther apex shape, and length and width of the ovary. Cryptanthus brevibracteatus and C. warren-loosei have a similar leaf blade color and are geographically close to each other, but differ by the number of flowers in the apical cluster of flowers of the inflorescence, length and width of the floral bracts, length of the sepals, connation of the sepals and length of the sepal lobes. Data about the geographic distribution, habitat, phenology, conservation status, taxonomic comments, a distribution map and photographs of the new species are provided. In addition, there are tables included that compare the new species to morphologically similar species.
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<p>Leme, E.M.C. (1999) New species of Brazilian Bromeliaceae: A tribute to Lyman B. Smith. <em>Harvard Papers in Botany </em>4: 135–168.</p>
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<p>Leme, E.M.C., Kollmann, L.J.C. & Paviotti, A. (2008) Three New <em>Cryptanthus</em> Species from Espírito Santo and Bahia, Brazil. <em>Journal of the Bromeliad Society</em> 58: 12–19.</p>
<p>Leme, E.M.C., de Fraga, C.N., Kollmann, L.J.C., Brown, G.K., Till, W., Ribeiro, O.B.C., Machado, M.C., Monteiro, F.J.S. & Fontana, A.P. (2010) Miscellaneous new species in the Brazilian Bromeliaceae. <em>Rodriguésia</em> 61: 21–67. https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-7860201061104</p>
<p>Leme, E.M.C. (2015) Two new bromelioid species from Brazil. <em>Journal of the Bromeliad Society</em> 65: 87–99.</p>
<p>Leme, E.M.C., Heller, S., Zizka, G. & Halbritter, H. (2017) New circumscription of <em>Cryptanthus</em> and new Cryptanthoid genera and subgenera (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) based on neglected morphological traits and molecular phylogeny. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 318: 1–88. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.318.1.1</p>
<p>Leme, E.M.C. & Kollmann, L.J.C. (2013) Miscellaneous new species of Brazilian Bromeliaceae. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 108: 1–40. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.108.1.1</p>
<p>Leme, E.M.C., Ribeiro, O.B.C., Souza, F.V.D., Souza, E.H. de, Kollmann, L.J.C. & Fontana, A.P. (2020) Miscellaneous new species in the “Cryptanthoid complex” (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) from Eastern Brazil. <em>Phytotaxa </em>430: 157–202. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.430.3.2</p>
<p>Leme, E.M.C. & Siqueira-Filho, J.A. (2007) Taxonomia das bromélias dos fragmentos de mata atlântica de Pernambuco e Alagoas. <em>In: </em>Siqueira-Filho, J.A. & Leme, E.M.C. (Eds.) <em>Fragmentos de mata atlântica do Nordeste – biodiversidade, conservação e suas bromélias</em>. Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio. Rio de Janeiro, pp. 190–381.</p>
<p>Luther, H.E. (1999) <em>Cryptanthus arelii</em>, an “Old” New species from Bahia, Brazil. <em>The Cryptanthus Society Journal </em>14: 54–55.</p>
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<p>Radford, A.E., Dickison, W.C., Massey, J.R. & Bell, C.R. (1974) <em>Vascular Plant Systematics</em>. Harper and Row, New York. 70 pp.</p>
<p>Smith, L.B. (1944) Bromeliaceas novas ou interessantes do Brasil. <em>Arquivos de Botânica do Estado de São Paulo</em> 1: 53.</p>