Forzzaea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Forzzaea
Species: F. leopoldo-horstii – F. micra – F. warasii
Name

Forzzaea Leme, S.Heller & Zizka, Phytotaxa 318: 66 (2017).
References

Leme, E.M.C., Heller, S., Zizka, G. & Halbritter, H. 2017. New circumscription of Cryptanthus and new Cryptanthoid genera and subgenera (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) based on neglected morphological traits and molecular phylogeny. Phytotaxa 318(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.318.1.1 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Forzzaea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Forzzaea. Published online. Accessed: Jun 22 2019.

Forzzaea is a genus of eu-bromelioids in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil, and described in 2017.[2]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Forzzaea coutensis Leme & O.B.C. Ribeiro
Forzzaea flavipetala Leme & O.B.C. Ribeiro
Forzzaea leopoldo-horstii (Rauh) Leme, S.Heller & Zizka
Forzzaea micra (Louzada, Wand. & Versieux) Leme, S.Heller & Zizka
Forzzaea pseudomicra Leme & O.B.C. Ribeiro
Forzzaea viridifolia Leme & O.B.C. Ribeiro
Forzzaea warasii (E.Pereira) Leme, S.Heller & Zizka

References

Phytotaxa 318(1): 66 (2017)
Leme, Elton M.C.; Ribeiro, Otávio B.C.; Souza, Fernanda Vidigal D.; de Souza, Everton Hilo; Kollmann, Ludovic J.C.; Fontana, André P. (2020). "Miscellaneous new species in the "Cryptanthoid complex" (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) from Eastern Brazil". Phytotaxa. 430 (3): 157–202. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.430.3.2.