Hechtia
Genus of flowering plants
Hechtia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae , and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae , containing 75 species.[ 3] [ 4] Its species are native to Mexico , Central America , and Texas .[ 2] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conrad Hecht (1771–1837), German counselor to the King of Prussia.[ 10] Except for H. gayorum , the plants of this genus are dioecious .
Species
Hechtia aquamarina I.Ramírez & C.F.Jiménez - Puebla
Hechtia argentea Baker - Querétaro
Hechtia bracteata Mez - Citlaltépetl (Puebla + Veracruz)
Hechtia caerulea (Matuda) L.B.Sm. - San Luis Potosí, México State, Guerrero
Hechtia capituligera Mez - San Luis Potosí
Hechtia carlsoniae Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Guerrero
Hechtia caudata L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
Hechtia caulescens López-Ferr., Espejo & Mart.-Correa - Oaxaca
Hechtia chichinautzensis Mart.-Correa, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Morelos
Hechtia colossa Mart.-Correa, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Puebla, Oaxaca
Hechtia complanata Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
Hechtia confusa L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
Hechtia conzattiana L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
Hechtia dichroantha Donnell Smith - Guatemala, Honduras
Hechtia edulis I.Ramírez, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Chihuahua
Hechtia elliptica L.B.Sm. - Coahuila
Hechtia epigyna Harms - Tamaulipas, Hidalgo
Hechtia fosteriana L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
Hechtia fragilis Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Puebla, Oaxaca
Hechtia galeottii Mez - Oaxaca
Hechtia gayorum L.W.Lenz - Baja California Sur
Hechtia glabra Brandegee - Veracruz
Hechtia glauca Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Michoacán
Hechtia glomerata Zucc. - from Texas to Guatemala
Hechtia guatemalensis Mez - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua
Hechtia gypsophila López-Ferr., Espejo & Hern.-Cárdenas - Oaxaca
Hechtia hintoniana Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - México State, Michoacán
Hechtia iltisii Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Jalisco
Hechtia isthmusiana Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
Hechtia ixtlanensis Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
Hechtia jaliscana L.B.Sm. - Jalisco
Hechtia laevis L.B.Sm. - Colima
Hechtia lanata L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
Hechtia laxissima L.B.Sm. - Michoacán
Hechtia lepidophylla I.Ramírez - Querétaro, Hidalgo
Hechtia lundelliorum L.B.Sm. - San Luis Potosí
Hechtia lyman-smithii Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Oaxaca
Hechtia malvernii Gilmartin - Honduras
Hechtia marnier-lapostollei L.B.Sm. - México State, Oaxaca
Hechtia matudae L.B.Sm. - Morelos
Hechtia melanocarpa L.B.Sm. - Guerrero
Hechtia mexicana L.B.Sm. - Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
Hechtia michoacana Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Michoacán
Hechtia minuta Hern-Cárdenas, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Oaxaca
Hechtia montana Brandegee - Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa
Hechtia mooreana L.B.Smith - Guerrero
Hechtia myriantha Mez - Veracruz
Hechtia nuusaviorum Espejo & López-Ferrari - Oaxaca
Hechtia oaxacana Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Oaxaca
Hechtia pedicellata S.Watson - Jalisco
Hechtia perotensis I.Ramírez & Martínez-Correa - Puebla
Hechtia podantha Mez - Coahuila, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Puebla
Hechtia pretiosa Espejo & López-Ferrari - Guanajuato
Hechtia pringlei B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Oaxaca
Hechtia pueblensis Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Puebla
Hechtia pumila Burt-Utley & J. Utley - Guerrero
Hechtia purpusii Brandegee - Veracruz
Hechtia reflexa L.B.Sm. - Michoacán, Guerrero
Hechtia reticulata L.B.Sm. - Colima
Hechtia rosea E.Morren ex Baker - Hidalgo, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
Hechtia roseana L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
Hechtia schottii Baker ex Hemsley - Campeche, Yucatán
Hechtia sphaeroblasta B.L.Rob. - Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla
Hechtia stenopetala Klotzsch - Hidalgo, Veracruz
Hechtia suaveolens E. Morren ex Mez - home range unknown; probably extinct
Hechtia subalata L.B.Smith - Durango, Nayarit
Hechtia texensis S.Watson - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Texas
Hechtia tillandsioides (André) L.B.Sm. - Hidalgo, México State
Hechtia zamudioi Espejo, López-Ferrari & I.Ramírez - Querétaro
References
^ "Genus: Hecthia Klotzsch" . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-01 .
^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Givnish, Thomas J.; Barfuss, Michael H. J.; Van Ee, Benjamin; Riina, Ricarda; Schulte, Katharina; Horres, Ralf; Gonsiska, Philip A.; Jabaily, Rachel S.; Crayn, Darren M.; Smith, J. Andrew C.; Winter, Klaus (May 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 . hdl :2027.42/142109 . PMID 21613186 .
^ Gouda, E.J. & Butcher, D. (cont. updated) A List of Accepted Bromeliaceae Names [http://bromeliad.nl/bromNames/]. University Botanic Gardens, Utrecht (accessed: 20-12-2019 ).
^ Burt-Utley, K. & J. F. Utley. 1987. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae). Brittonia 39(1): 37–43.
^ 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
^ Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part I. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(1): 1–660
^ Flora of North America, Hechtia Klotzsch, Allgemeine Gartenzeitung. 3: 401. 1835.
^ Espejo-Serna, Adolfo; López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa; Hernández-Cárdenas, Rodrigo Alejandro (2019-03-22). "Two new species of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae, Hechtioideae) from Oaxaca, Mexico" . Phytotaxa . 397 (4): 280–290. doi :10.11646/phytotaxa.397.4.2 . ISSN 1179-3163 .
^ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 .
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