Lymania

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Lymania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Lymania
Species
  • Lymania alvimii
  • Lymania brachycaulis
  • Lymania corallina
  • Lymania globosa
  • Lymania languida
  • Lymania smithii
  • Lymania spiculata

Lymania (named for Lyman Bradford Smith, American botanist)[1] is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus was established in 1984 to "unite furrowed or winged species from Aechmea subgenus Lamprococcus, Araeococcus and Ronnbergia"[2] a group of plants native to the Bahian coast of the Brazilian rainforest. Modern DNA analysis has confirmed that Lymania is correctly classified as an independent genus containing two distinct clades[3].


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  1. ^ Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology
  2. ^ Botany 2004 - Abstract Search
  3. ^ Botany 2006 - Abstract Search
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