Fosterella

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Fosterella
Species: F. albicans – F. aletroides – F. batistana – F. caulescens –F. chaparensis – F. christophii – F. cotacajensis – F. elviragrossiae – F. floridensis – F. gracilis – F. graminea – F. hatschbachii – F. heterophylla – F. kroemeri – F. micrantha – F. nicoliana – F. pearcei – F. penduliflora – F. petiolata – F. rexiae – F. robertreadii – F. rojasii – F. rusbyi – F. schidosperma – F. spectabilis – F. vasquezii – F. villosula – F. weberbaueri – F. weddelliana – F. windischii – F. yuvinkae

Name

Fosterella L.B.Sm., Phytologia 7: 171 (1960)

Type species: Fosterella micrantha (Lindl.) L.B.Sm., Phytologia 7: 171 (1960)

References

Smith, L.B. 1960. Phytologia 7: 171. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Fosterella in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 July 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Fosterella. Published online. Accessed: July 14 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Fosterella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 July 2015.

Fosterella is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. It contains 31 recognized species, 30 native to central and western South America, one to Mesoamerica.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The genus is named after Mulford B. Foster, American horticulturist and collector (1888-1978).
Species

Fosterella albicans (Grisebach) L.B. Smith - Bolivia, Argentina
Fosterella aletroides (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - Peru
Fosterella batistana Ibisch, Leme & J.Peters - Pará
Fosterella caulescens Rauh - Bolivia
Fosterella chaparensis Ibisch, R. Vásquez & E. Gross - Bolivia
Fosterella christophii Ibisch, R.Vásquez & J.Peters - Bolivia
Fosterella cotacajensis Kessler, Ibisch & E. Gross - Bolivia
Fosterella elviragrossiae Ibisch, R.Vásquez & J.Peters - Bolivia
Fosterella floridensis Ibisch, R. Vásquez & E. Gross - Bolivia
Fosterella gracilis (Rusby) L.B. Smith - Bolivia
Fosterella graminea (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - Bolivia
Fosterella hatschbachii L.B. Smith & R.W. Read - Mato Grosso
Fosterella heterophylla Rauh - Bolivia
Fosterella kroemeri Ibisch, R.Vásquez & J.Peters - Bolivia
Fosterella micrantha (Lindley) L.B. Smith - Mexico (Nuevo León, Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero), Guatemala, El Salvador
Fosterella nicoliana J.Peters & Ibisch - Peru
Fosterella pearcei (Baker) L.B. Smith - Bolivia
Fosterella penduliflora (C.H. Wright) L.B. Smith - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina
Fosterella petiolata (Mez) L.B. Smith - Bolivia, Peru
Fosterella rexiae Ibisch, R. Vásquez & E. Gross - Bolivia
Fosterella robertreadii Ibisch & J. Peters - Peru
Fosterella rojasii (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith - Paraguay, Bolivia
Fosterella rusbyi (Mez) L.B. Smith - Bolivia, Peru
Fosterella schidosperma (Baker) L.B. Smith - Peru
Fosterella spectabilis H. Luther - Bolivia
Fosterella vasquezii E. Gross & Ibisch - Bolivia
Fosterella villosula (Harms) L.B. Smith - Bolivia
Fosterella weberbaueri (Mez) L.B. Smith - Bolivia, Peru
Fosterella weddelliana (Brongniart ex Baker) L.B. Smith - Bolivia
Fosterella windischii L.B. Smith & R.W. Read - Mato Grosso, Bolivia
Fosterella yuvinkae Ibisch, R. Vásquez, E. Gross & S. Reichle - Bolivia

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
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
Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part I. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(1): 1–660.
Peters, J., Vásquez, R., Osinaga, A., Leme, E., Weising, K. & Ibisch, P.L. (2008). Towards a taxonomic revision of the genus Fosterella (Bromeliaceae). Selbyana 29: 182-194.
Ribeiro, Otávio B. C.; Halbritter, Heidemarie; Forzza, Rafaela C.; Leme, Elton M. C. (2019-03-11). "Contribution to the study of the genus Fosterella (Bromeliaceae: Pitcairnioideae) in Brazil". Phytotaxa. 395 (3): 137–167. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.395.3.1. ISSN 1179-3163.