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Wittmackia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bromelioideae |
| Genus: | Wittmackia Mez |
Wittmackia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae.[1]
The genus name of Wittmackia honour of Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929), a German botanist.[2] The genus was first described and published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. Vol.3 (Issue 3) on page 274 in 1891.[1]
Its native range extends from Mexico, through Central America to Tropical South America, including parts of the Caribbean. It is found in Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles and Windward Islands.[1]
Known species
[edit]As of November 2022[update], Kew's Plants of the World Online listed the following species:[1]
- Wittmackia abbreviata (L.B.Sm. & Proctor) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia altocaririensis (Leme & L.Kollmann) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia amorimii (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia andersoniana (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia antillana (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia bicolor (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia brasiliensis (E.Pereira & I.A.Penna) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia burle-marxii (E.Pereira) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia canaliculata (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia carvalhoi (Martinelli & Leme) Aguirre-Santoro, syn. Ronnbergia carvalhoi Martinelli & Leme
- Wittmackia caymanensis (Britton ex L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia distans (Griseb.) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia eriostachya (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia fawcettii (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia froesii (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia gregaria (Leme & L.Kollmann) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia incompta (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia inermis (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia ituberaensis (Leme & L.Kollmann) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia jamaicana (L.B.Sm. & Proctor) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia laesslei (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia laevigata (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia limae (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia lingulata (L.) Mez
- Wittmackia lingulatoides (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia linharesiorum (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia maranguapensis (Leme & Scharf) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia mesoamericana (I.Ramírez, Carnevali & Cetzal) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia negrilensis (Britton ex L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia neoregelioides (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro, syn. Ronnbergia neoregelioides Leme
- Wittmackia patentissima (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Mez
- Wittmackia penduliflora (A.Rich.) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia pendulispica (Leme & L.Kollmann) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia pernambucentris (J.A.Siqueira & Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia polycephala (Baker) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia portoricensis (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia rohan-estyi (Proctor, Aguirre-Santoro & K.Campbell) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia silvana (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro, syn. Ronnbergia silvana Leme
- Wittmackia spinulosa (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia sulbahianensis (Leme, Amorim & J.A.Siqueira) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia tentaculifera (Leme, Amorim & J.A.Siqueira) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia turbinocalyx (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia urbaniana (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
- Wittmackia viridostigma (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Wittmackia Mez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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