TOWARDS A TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE GENUS FOSTERELLA (BROMELIACEAE)

摘要

Five new Fosterella species are described: F. batistana, F. christophii, F. elviragrossiae, F. kroemeri, and F. robertreadii. Five taxa are reduced to synonyms: F. chiquitana and F. latifolia to synonymy of F. penduliflora, F. fuentesii to synonymy of F. albicans, F. elata to synonymy of F. rusbyi, and F. nowickii to synonymy of F. weddelliana. Further information on morphological variation and geographical distribution of F. gracilis, F. pearcei and F. rojasii is presented. Considering these results the total number of described Fosterella species amounts to 30.