Biology:Waltillia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Tillandsioideae |
| Genus: | Waltillia Leme, Barfuss & Halbritt. |
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Waltillia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.[1] It was considered to be a monotypic genus until the 2021 description of W. itambana.[2]
Its native range is Minas Gerais, Brazil .[1] Although, Waltillia itambana is believed to be restricted to Pico do Itambé State Park.[2]
Species
There are currently two described species:[1][2]
- Waltillia hatschbachii (L.B.Sm. & Read) Leme, Barfuss & Halbritt.
- Waltillia itambana T. Machado & Versieux
Taxonomy
The genus name of Waltillia is in honour of Walter Till (b. 1956), an Austrian botanist and herbarium director in Vienna.[3] It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.299 (Issue 1) on page 29 in 2017.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Waltillia Leme, Barfuss & Halbritt. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77162221-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Machado, Talita M.; Pivari, Marco Otávio D.; Versieux, Leonardo M. (2021-03-17). "Expanding Waltillia : an addition to a previously monotypic genus of Bromeliaceae from the Espinhaço range, Brazil" (in en). Phytotaxa 491 (1): 1–11. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.491.1.1. ISSN 1179-3163. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.491.1.1.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q89906759 entry
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