Hohenbergia stellata

Hohenbergia stellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Hohenbergia
Species:
H. stellata
Binomial name
Hohenbergia stellata
Schult. & Schult.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Hohenbergia erythrostachya Brongn.
  • Pironneava roseocoerulea K.Koch
  • Pironneava morreniana Regel
  • Aechmea glomerata var. pallida Baker
  • Aechmea longisepala Baker
  • Aechmea oligosphaera Baker
  • Hohenbergia oligosphaera (Baker) Mez

Hohenbergia stellata is a perennial species of the genus Hohenbergia. It is native to Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela, and northeastern Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Piauí etc.).[1][2][3][4]

Hohenbergia stellata exhibits sharp spines in its inflorescence. Flowers are purple-red and are present along the plant's strong stem, which grows up to 100 cm tall.[5] In Brazil, this plant forms a microhabitat for the tarantula Pachistopelma bromelicola.[6]

Taxonomic status

Some research suggests that the Hohenbergia stellata may actually be more closely related to members of the genus Aechmea than to other species of Hohenbergia.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  3. ^ Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
  4. ^ Versieux, L.M., Wendt, T., Batista Louzada, R. & das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M. (2008 publ. 2009). Bromeliaceae da Cadeia do Espinhaço. Megadiversidade 4: 98-110.
  5. ^ a b National Tropical Botanical Garden (Kalāheo, Kaua`i, Hawai'i), Hohenbergia stellata (Bromeliaceae)
  6. ^ Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae)