Connellia

Connellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Connellia
N.E.Br.

Connellia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. The genus name is for Frederick Vavasour McConnell, English ornithologist and biologist (1868-1914). There are 6 known species, all native to the Guyana Highlands of Guyana and Venezuela.[1][2][3]

Species

  1. Connellia augustae (R. Schomburgk) N.E. Brown
  2. Connellia caricifolia L.B. Smith
  3. Connellia nahoumii Leme
  4. Connellia nutans L.B. Smith
  5. Connellia quelchii N.E. Brown
  6. Connellia varadarajanii L.B. Smith & Steyermark

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part I. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(1): 1–660.
  3. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

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