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Pitcairnia queroana Espejo & Lopez-Ferr., spec. nov.

Pitcairnia queroana Espejo & Lopez-Ferr., spec. nov.

(Fig. 1) Phytotaxa 230(3): 287-292. 2015

This new species is characterized by the following set of characters: monomorphic petiolate persistent leaves; simple, densely lanate-tomentose inflorescence, with 60-100 pedicellate flowers; floral bracts not imbricate but divaricate at anthesis; pedicels slender; purplish-green sepals, and yellow petals with a basal appendage. Read more.