Biology:Lemeltonia
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Lemeltonia | |
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| Lemeltonia dodsonii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Tillandsioideae |
| Genus: | Lemeltonia Barfuss & W.Till |
Lemeltonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.[1]
Its native range is Central America to north-western Peru and Trinidad. It is found in the countries of Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Lemeltonia is in honour of Elton Martinez Carvalho Leme (b. 1960), a Brazilian botanist and specialist in Brazilian Bromeliaceae at a herbarium in Rio de Janeiro.[2] It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 41 in 2016.[1]
Known species
According to Kew;[1]
- Lemeltonia acosta-solisii (Gilmartin) Barfuss & W.Till
- Lemeltonia cornuta (Mez & Sodiro) Barfuss & W.Till
- Lemeltonia dodsonii (L.B.Sm.) Barfuss & W.Till
- Lemeltonia monadelpha (É.Morren) Barfuss & W.Till
- Lemeltonia narthecioides (C.Presl) Barfuss & W.Till
- Lemeltonia scaligera (Mez & Sodiro) Barfuss & W.Till
- Lemeltonia triglochinoides (C.Presl) Barfuss & W.Till
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Lemeltonia Barfuss & W.Till | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77158941-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q42936418 entry
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