Ramirez 1998b (Article) Cryptanthus
Five new species of Cryptanthus (Bromeliaceae) and some nomenclatural novelties
Author(s):—I.M. Ramírez M.
Publication:—Harvard Papers in Botany 3(2): 215-224. (1998)
Abstract:—Five new species of the Brazilian endemic genus Cryptanthus are here described: C caulescens I.Ramirez, C. lutherianus I. Ramirez, C. microglazioui I. Ramirez, C. sergipensis I. Ramirez, and C. ubairensis I. Ramirez. Discussion about their affinities, geographical distributions, and illustrations are included. Cryptanthus beuckeri is leetotypified, and C. bromelioides, C. lacerdae, and C. zonatus are neotypified.
Keywords:—Brazil, Bromeliaceae, Cryptanthus, morphology, nomenclature.
Published names (5):Cryptanthus caulescens* * synonyms or not accepted names are marked
Cryptanthus lutherianus
Cryptanthus microglazioui*
Cryptanthus sergipensis
Cryptanthus ubairensis
Taxonomy:—Cryptanthus beuckeri TYPE: BRAZIL. Unknown origin (Lectotype: here designated, Morren Icon., K). (p.223).—Cryptanthus bromelioides TYPE: BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Matas do Jardim Botanico, Pereira 5637 (Neotype: here designated, HB; Isoneotypes: B, MBM). (p.223).—Cryptanthus lacerdae Neotype (here designated), BRAZIL: without precise locality, ftom cultivation: M. B. and R. Foster 1176 (GH). (p.223).—Cryptanthus zonatus Neotype (here designated), BRAZIL: Pernambuco, Prov. Caraaru, fl. cult., 25 Jun. 1972, E. Warns s.n. (HB). See: Fam. Bromel. 76.1856; Mez in Mart. H. Bras. IK 3.: 205. t. 54, fig. 2. 1891. (p.223).