Biology:Neoregelia margaretae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Neoregelia |
| Subgenus: | Neoregelia subg. Hylaeaicum |
| Species: | N. margaretae
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoregelia margaretae L.B.Sm.[1]
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Neoregelia margaretae is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. Its specific epithet pays homage to Margaret Mee, a British botanical artist who carried out fifteen expeditions to the Amazon rainforest to collect and paint rare or endangered plant species, including many species of Bromeliaceae.[2]
Description
Pollen
The pollen of the species is large, ranging in size from 51 µm to 100 µm. The pollen is of the monad type and it has multiple poles. When viewed from a pole, the pollen is an ellipsoid shape. When dry, the pollen is an irregular shape and has irregular infoldings. The apertures on the pollen's surface are porus and psilate, lacking ornamentation. The grains lack orbicules.[3]
Taxonomy
Neoregelia margaretae was first described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1968 in the 25th volume of the botanical journal Fl. Braz. For.[4]
Habitat and distribution
Neoregelia margaretae can be found across the Amazon in Brazil .[4] The holotype was collected by Margaret Mee in the Amazonas by the Içana River in February 1968.[5]
Painting
Margaret Mee was known for her paintings of bromeliads in the Amazon, and Neoregelia margaretae was one of the species she recorded in watercolor. Unknown to science and still unnamed at the time, Mee was the first to record the existence of the species. The painting of N. margaretae, made in 1979, was notable for its ability to capture botanical details of the species while still showing the plant in its totality, rather than on different plates which depict individual parts.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Neoregelia margaretae L.B.Sm.". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-255385. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ↑ Kubo, Marcelo Tomé; Montserrat, Laura (2016). "24" (in pt). Vi Botânico no Inverno. São Paulo. pp. 213. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carolina-Kleingesinds/publication/324744075_Sinalizacao_entre_plantas_e_bacterias/links/5adfdf970f7e9b285945e501/Sinalizacao-entre-plantas-e-bacterias.pdf#page=212.
- ↑ Halbritter, H. (2018). "Neoregelia margaretae". https://www.paldat.org/pub/Neoregelia_margaretae/303357.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bromeliaceae Neoregelia margaretae L.B.Sm. in Mee". http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=169042-2&back_page=&show_history=false. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ↑ "Neoregelia margaretae L.B. Sm.". http://www.tropicos.org/NamePage.aspx?nameid=4304569. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ↑ Bruce, Jonny (16 March 2018). "Margaret Mee: defending the Amazon with a brush and a gun". Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/96592878-1d4a-11e8-a748-5da7d696ccab.
- ↑ Sampaio de Almeida, Amauri (2014) (in pt). O Desenho de Margaret Mee: Contribuições para a taxonomia Botânica. pp. 53-54. http://tede2.uefs.br:8080/bitstream/tede/101/2/disserta%C3%A7%C3%A3o%202014.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q15518646 entry
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