| Zizkaea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Tillandsioideae |
| Genus: | Zizkaea W.Till & Barfuss |
| Species: | Z. tuerckheimii |
| Binomial name | |
| Zizkaea tuerckheimii (Mez) W.Till & Barfuss | |
Zizkaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It only contains one known species, Zizkaea tuerckheimii. [1]
The genus name of Zizkaea is in honour of Georg Zizka (b. 1955), a German evolutionary botanist and also specialist in Bromeliaceae. [2] The Latin specific epithet of tuerckheimii refers to Hans von Türckheim (1853-1920), a German plant collector. [3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 55 in 2016. [1] [4]
It is native to the Dominican Republic and Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. [1]
The Bromeliaceae are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana.
Tillandsia is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of the Neotropics, from northern Mexico and the southeastern United States to Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to central Argentina. Their leaves, more or less silvery in color, are covered with specialized cells (trichomes) capable of rapidly absorbing water that gathers on them.
Bromelioideae is a subfamily of the bromeliads (Bromeliaceae). This subfamily is the most diverse in the family, represented by the greatest number of genera with about 40. Most of the plants in this group are epiphytes, though some have evolved in, or will adapt to, terrestrial conditions. This subfamily features the most plant types which are commonly cultivated by people, including the pineapple.
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Julian Alfred Steyermark was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae.
Hans Freiherr von Türckheim was a German lawyer, naturalist and plant collector.
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Jagrantia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It only contains one species, Jagrantia monstrum.
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Gregbrownia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.
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Josemania is a genus of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, first described in 2016.
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