Brocchinia

Brocchinia micrantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Brocchinioideae
Genus: Brocchinia
Species: B. acuminata – B. amazonica – B. cataractarum – B. cowanii – B. delicatula – B. gilmartiniae – B. hectioides – B. hitchcockii – B. maguirei – B. melanacra – B. micrantha – B. paniculata – B. prismatica – B. reducta – B. rupestris – B. serrata – B. steyermarkii – B. tatei – B. vestita – B. uaipanensis – B. wurdackiana

Name

• Brocchinia Schult. & Schult. f., Syst. Veg. 7: 1250 (1830)
• Type species: Brocchinia paniculata Schult. f. Syst. Veg. (ed. 15 bis) 7(2): 1250. (1830)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Sequencia Givnish, Aliso 23: 18 (2007). This is not definitive see Navioideae Hams (1929) and Givnish (et al.) (2007 and 2011).
    

Note: Givnish et al., (2007) subsumed Ayensua into Brocchinia as Brocchinia uaipanensis, but this is not accepted by Govaerts et al. (2015).

References

• Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. in J. J. Roemer & J. A. Schultes}} (1830) Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): lxx, 1250.
• Gilmartin, A.J. (1988) Phylogenetic relationships of groups of genera within the subfamily Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Systematic Botany, 13(2): 283–293.
• Benzing, D.H., Givnish, T.J., and Bermudes, D. (1985) Absorptive trichomes in Brocchinia reducta (Bromeliaceae) and their evolutionary and systematic significance. Systematic Botany, 10(1): 81–91.
• Givnish, T.J., Burkhardt, E.L., Happel, R.E. & Weintraub, J.D. (1984) Carnivory in the bromeliad Brocchinia reducta, with a cost/benefit model for the general restriction of carnivorous plants to sunny, moist, nutrient-poor habitats. American Naturalist 124: 479–497.
• Givnish, T.J., Millam, K.C., Berry, P. E. & Sytsma, K. J. 2007. Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography of Bromeliaceae inferred from ndhF sequence data. Aliso 23(1): 3–26. DOI: 10.5642/aliso.20072301.04 PDF Reference page. 
• Givnish, T.J., Barfuss, M.H.J., Van Ee, B., Riina, R., Schulte, K., Horres, R., Gonsiska, P.A., Jabaily, R.A., Crayn, D.M., Smith, J.A.C., Winter, K., Brown, G.K., Evans, T.M., Holst, B.K., Luther, H., Till, W., Zizka, G., Berry, P.E. & Sytsma, K.J. 2011. Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny. American Journal of Botany 98(5): 872–895. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000059. PDF Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Brocchinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 July 14. Reference page.  Includes Sequencia (2007) as a synonym.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Brocchinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Sept. 2014. Notes Sequencia (2007) as incertae sedis
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Brocchinia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 20. 2014.

For more multimedia, look at Brocchinia on Wikimedia Commons.