Cottendorfia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Navioideae
Genus: Cottendorfia
Species: C. florida
Name

Cottendorfia Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 1193 (1829)
References

Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. (1829) Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): lxiv, 1193. BHL
Forzza, R.C., Costa, A., Siqueira Filho, J.A., Martinelli, G., Monteiro, R.F., Santos-Silva, F., Saraiva, D. P., Paixão-Souza, B., Louzada, R.B. & Versieux, L. (2015) Bromeliaceae in Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available online. Accessed on: 24 Jul. 2015.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Cottendorfia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Apr. 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Cottendorfia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 9 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Cottendorfia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Apr. 9.

Cottendorfia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae. The genus name is for Johann Georg Freiherr Cotta von Cottendorf, German patron of the sciences (1796-1863).

There is only one known species, Cottendorfia florida, endemic to northeastern Brazil (Bahia and Piauí).[1][2][3][4]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part I. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(1): 1–660.
Versieux, L.M., Wendt, T., Batista Louzada, R. & das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M. (2008 publ. 2009). Bromeliaceae da Cadeia do Espinhaço. Megadiversidade 4: 98-110.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro