Alcantarea (É.Morren ex Mez) Harms
First published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 802 (1929)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is E. Brazil.
Distribution
Native to:
Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast
Accepted Species
- Alcantarea abacta Versieux
- Alcantarea acuminatifolia Leme
- Alcantarea alegrensis D.R.Couto & Leme
- Alcantarea aurantiaca Versieux
- Alcantarea australiana Versieux & Smythe
- Alcantarea benzingii Leme
- Alcantarea brasiliana (L.B.Sm.) J.R.Grant
- Alcantarea burle-marxii (Leme) J.R.Grant
- Alcantarea cerosa Leme, A.P.Fontana & O.B.C.Ribeiro
- Alcantarea chimaera Versieux
- Alcantarea compacta Leme & O.B.C.Ribeiro
- Alcantarea delicata Versieux & Nahoum
- Alcantarea distractila Leme & C.C.Paula
- Alcantarea duarteana (L.B.Sm.) J.R.Grant
- Alcantarea extensa (L.B.Sm.) J.R.Grant
- Alcantarea farneyi (Martinelli & And.Costa) J.R.Grant
- Alcantarea forzzae Versieux
- Alcantarea galactea Coser & Versieux
- Alcantarea geniculata (Wawra) J.R.Grant
- Alcantarea glaucifolia Leme & L.Kollmann
- Alcantarea glaziouana (Lem.) Leme
- Alcantarea heloisae J.R.Grant
- Alcantarea imperialis (Carrière) Harms
- Alcantarea intermedia Versieux & Nahoum
- Alcantarea lanceopetala Leme
- Alcantarea lexeri Versieux
- Alcantarea longibracteata Leme & Fraga
- Alcantarea martinellii Versieux & Wand.
- Alcantarea nahoumii (Leme) J.R.Grant
- Alcantarea nana Leme
- Alcantarea nevaresii Leme
- Alcantarea nigripetala Leme & L.Kollmann
- Alcantarea occulta Leme
- Alcantarea odorata (Leme) J.R.Grant
- Alcantarea pataxoana Versieux
- Alcantarea patriae Versieux & Wand.
- Alcantarea recurvifolia Leme
- Alcantarea regina (Vell.) Harms
- Alcantarea roberto-kautskyi Leme
- Alcantarea simplicisticha Leme & A.P.Fontana
- Alcantarea tortuosa Versieux & Wand.
- Alcantarea trepida Versieux & Wand.
- Alcantarea turgida Versieux & Wand.
- Alcantarea vandenbergii Versieux
- Alcantarea vasconcelosiana Leme
- Alcantarea vinicolor (E.Pereira & Reitz) J.R.Grant
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Barfuss, M.H.J., Till, W., Leme, E.M.C., Pinzón, J.P., Manzanares, J.M., Halbritter, H., Samuel, R. & Brown, G.K. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Bromeliaceae subfam. Tillandsioideae based on multi-locus DNA sequence phylogeny and morphology. Phytotaxa 279: 1-97.
- Versieux, L.M. (2021). Alcantarea: Giant Bromeliads from Brazil: 1-348. Natal, Brazil.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Barfuss, M.H.J., Samuel, R., Till, W. & Stussy, T.F. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships in subfamily Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae) based in DNA sequence data from seven placid regions. American journal of botany 92: 337-351. [Cited as Vriesea.]
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Vriesea.]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0