Hohenbergiopsis

Hohenbergiopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Hohenbergiopsis
L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
Binomial name
' 'Hohenbergiopsis guatemalensis
(L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
Synonyms[1]

Hohenbergia guatemalensis L.B.Sm.

Hohenbergiopsis is a genus in the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus name is from the genus Hohenbergia and the Greek opsis (resembling) because it resembles the genus Hohenbergia.[2] It contains only one known species, Hohenbergiopsis guatemalensis, native to Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Guatemala.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology
  3. Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C..


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