Delimitation of the <i>Alcantarea extensa</i> complex (Bromeliaceae) and a new species from Espírito Santo, Brazil

Versieux, Leonardo M.; Wanderley, Maria das Graças Lapa

doi:10.1590/2175-7860201061306

Abstract

The species complex related to Alcantarea extensa is presented and delimited as: A. extensa, A. vinicolor, A. burle-marxii, A. turgida, A. distractila, A. lurida, A. simplicisticha, A. nigripetala, A. mucilaginosa, and A. trepida. Alcantarea trepida, known from Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil, is described as new, and illustrated. It is compared to A. extensa , A. simplicisticha, and A. vinicolor from which it differs by the robust, erect, compound inflorescence with more numerous flowers and by the straight and thicker rachilla.

Key words:
Atlantic Rainforest; endemism; inselberg; species complex; Tillandsioideae

Resumo

O complexo de espécies relacionadas a Alcantarea extensa é apresentado e delimitado como: A. extensa, A. vinicolor, A. burle-marxii, A. turgida, A. distractila, A. lurida, A. simplicisticha, A. nigripetala, A. mucilaginosa e A. trepida. Alcantarea trepida, conhecida do estado do Espírito Santo, é descrita como nova e ilustrada. É comparada com A. extensa , A. simplicisticha e A. vinicolor, das quais difere pela inflorescência ereta e robusta com flores mais numerosas e pelas ráquilas retas e mais grossas.

Palavras-chave:
Mata Atlântica; afloramento rochoso; endemismo; complexo de espécies; Tillandsioideae

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Literature cited

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Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
Jul-Sep 2010

History

Received
17 Aug 2009
Accepted
12 July 2010

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[2] Barbará, T.; Lexer, C.; Martinelli, G.; Mayo, S.J.; Fay, M.F. & Heuertz, M. 2008. Within-population spatial genetic structure in four naturally fragmented species of a neotropical inselbergs radiation, Alcantarea imperialis, A. geniculata, A. glaziouana and A. regina (Bromeliaceae). Heredity 101: 285-296.

[3] Barbará, T.; Martinelli, G.; Palma-Silva, C.; Fay, M. F.; Mayo, S. & Lexer, C. 2009. Genetic relationships and variation in reproductive strategies in four closely related bromeliads adapted to neotropical 'inselbergs': Alcantarea glaziouana, A. regina, A. geniculata and A. imperialis (Bromeliaceae). Annals of Botany 103: 65-77.

[4] Grant, J.R. 1995. The resurrection of Alcantarea Tropische und subtropische Pflanzenwelt 91: 7-15.

[5] Leme, E.M.C. & Paula, C.C. 2008. Two new Alcantarea species from Minas Gerais. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58: 5-11.

[6] Leme, E. M.C.; Fraga, C.N.; Kollmann, L.J.C. & Fontana, A.P. 2008. Three new Alcantarea species from Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 58: 205-216.

[7] Leme, E.M.C. 2009. Alcantarea mucilaginosa a new species from Espírito Santo, Brazil. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 59: 12-15.

[8] Pereira, E. 1974. Species Novae in Brasilia Bromeliacearum - VI. Bradea 1: 383-387.

[9] Smith. L.B. 1943. Bromeliáceas novas ou interessantes do Brasil - II. Arquivos de Botânica do Estado de São Paulo 1: 102-122, tab. 101-134.

[10] Smith, L.B. & Downs, R.J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 14: 663-1492.

[11] Versieux, L. M. & Wanderley, M. G. L. 2007a. Alcantarea (E. Morren ex Mez) Harms. In: Wanderley, M. G. L.; Shepherd, G. J.; Melhem, T. S. & Giulietti, A. M. (eds). Flora fanerogâmica do estado de São Paulo. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo. Vol. 5. Pp. 59-62.

[12] Versieux, L. M. & Wanderley, M. G. L. 2007b. Two new species of Alcantarea (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae) from Brazil. Brittonia 59: 57-64.

[13] Versieux, L. M. & Wendt, T. 2006. Checklist of Bromeliaceae of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with notes on taxonomy and endemism. Selbyana 27: 107-146

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