Waltillia

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Waltillia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Waltillia
Leme, Barfuss & Halbritt.
Species

Waltillia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. [1] It was considered to be a monotypic genus until the 2021 description of W. itambana . [2]

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Its native range is Minas Gerais, Brazil. [1] Although, Waltillia itambana is believed to be restricted to Pico do Itambé State Park. [2]

Species

There are currently two described species: [1] [2]

Taxonomy

The genus name of Waltillia is in honour of Walter Till (b. 1956), an Austrian botanist and herbarium director in Vienna. [3] It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.299 (Issue 1) on page 29 in 2017. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Waltillia Leme, Barfuss & Halbritt. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Machado, Talita M.; Pivari, Marco Otávio D.; Versieux, Leonardo M. (2021-03-17). "Expanding Waltillia : an addition to a previously monotypic genus of Bromeliaceae from the Espinhaço range, Brazil". Phytotaxa. 491 (1): 1–11. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.491.1.1 . ISSN   1179-3163.
  3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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