Hechtia

Hechtia
Hechtia guatemalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Hechtia
Klotzsch
Synonyms[1][2]
  • 'Bakerantha L.B.Sm.
  • Bakeria André 1889, illegitimate homonym, not Seem. 1864
  • Niveophyllum Matuda

Hechtia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.[2][3][4][5][6]

The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conrad Hecht (1771-1837), German counselor to the King of Prussia.[7] Except for H. gayorum, the plants of this genus are dioecious.

Species

  1. Hechtia aquamarina I.Ramírez & C.F.Jiménez - Puebla
  2. Hechtia argentea Baker - Querétaro
  3. Hechtia bracteata Mez - Citlaltépetl (Puebla + Veracruz)
  4. Hechtia caerulea (Matuda) L.B.Sm. - San Luis Potosí, México State, Guerrero
  5. Hechtia capituligera Mez - San Luis Potosí
  6. Hechtia carlsoniae Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Guerrero
  7. Hechtia caudata L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
  8. Hechtia caulescens López-Ferr., Espejo & Mart.-Correa - Oaxaca
  9. Hechtia chichinautzensis Mart.-Correa, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Morelos
  10. Hechtia colossa Mart.-Correa, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Puebla, Oaxaca
  11. Hechtia complanata Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
  12. Hechtia confusa L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
  13. Hechtia conzattiana L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
  14. Hechtia dichroantha Donnell Smith - Guatemala, Honduras
  15. Hechtia edulis I.Ramírez, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Chihuahua
  16. Hechtia elliptica L.B.Sm. - Coahuila
  17. Hechtia epigyna Harms - Tamaulipas, Hidalgo
  18. Hechtia fosteriana L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
  19. Hechtia fragilis Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Puebla, Oaxaca
  20. Hechtia galeottii Mez - Oaxaca
  21. Hechtia gayorum L.W.Lenz - Baja California Sur
  22. Hechtia glabra Brandegee - Veracruz
  23. Hechtia glauca Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Michoacán
  24. Hechtia glomerata Zucc. - from Texas to Guatemala
  25. Hechtia guatemalensis Mez - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua
  26. Hechtia hintoniana Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - México State, Michoacán
  27. Hechtia iltisii Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Jalisco
  28. Hechtia isthmusiana Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
  29. Hechtia ixtlanensis Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
  30. Hechtia jaliscana L.B.Sm. - Jalisco
  31. Hechtia laevis L.B.Sm. - Colima
  32. Hechtia lanata L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
  33. Hechtia laxissima L.B.Sm. - Michoacán
  34. Hechtia lepidophylla I.Ramírez - Querétaro, Hidalgo
  35. Hechtia lundelliorum L.B.Sm. - San Luis Potosí
  36. Hechtia lyman-smithii Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Oaxaca
  37. Hechtia malvernii Gilmartin - Honduras
  38. Hechtia marnier-lapostollei L.B.Sm. - México State, Oaxaca
  39. Hechtia matudae L.B.Sm. - Morelos
  40. Hechtia melanocarpa L.B.Sm. - Guerrero
  41. Hechtia mexicana L.B.Sm. - Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
  42. Hechtia michoacana Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Michoacán
  43. Hechtia montana Brandegee - Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa
  44. Hechtia mooreana L.B.Smith - Guerrero
  45. Hechtia myriantha Mez - Veracruz
  46. Hechtia nuusaviorum Espejo & López-Ferrari - Oaxaca
  47. Hechtia oaxacana Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Oaxaca
  48. Hechtia pedicellata S.Watson - Jalisco
  49. Hechtia perotensis I.Ramírez & Martínez-Correa - Puebla
  50. Hechtia podantha Mez - Coahuila, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Puebla
  51. Hechtia pretiosa Espejo & López-Ferrari - Guanajuato
  52. Hechtia pringlei B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Oaxaca
  53. Hechtia pueblensis Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Puebla
  54. Hechtia pumila Burt-Utley & J. Utley - Guerrero
  55. Hechtia purpusii Brandegee - Veracruz
  56. Hechtia reflexa L.B.Sm. - Michoacán, Guerrero
  57. Hechtia reticulata L.B.Sm. - Colima
  58. Hechtia rosea E.Morren ex Baker - Hidalgo, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
  59. Hechtia roseana L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
  60. Hechtia schottii Baker ex Hemsley - Campeche, Yucatan
  61. Hechtia sphaeroblasta B.L.Rob. - Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla
  62. Hechtia stenopetala Klotzsch - Hidalgo, Veracruz
  63. Hechtia suaveolens E. Morren ex Mez - home range unknown; probably extinct
  64. Hechtia subalata L.B.Smith - Durango, Nayarit
  65. Hechtia texensis S.Watson - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Texas
  66. Hechtia tillandsioides (André) L.B.Sm. - Hidalgo, México State
  67. Hechtia zamudioi Espejo, López-Ferrari & I.Ramírez - Querétaro

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Hecthia Klotzsch". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Burt-Utley, K. & J. F. Utley. 1987. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae). Brittonia 39(1): 37–43.
  4. ↑ Burt-Utley, K., J. F. Utley & A. J. García-Mendoza. 2011. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae, Pitcairnioideae). I. New and noteworthy species of Hechtia from Mexico. Phytoneuron 2011–59: 1–17
  5. ↑ Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part I. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(1): 1–660
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, Hechtia Klotzsch, Allgemeine Gartenzeitung. 3: 401. 1835.
  7. ↑ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.

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