Gregbrownia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Tillandsioideae
Tribus: Tillandsieae
Genus: Gregbrownia
Species: G. brownii – G. fulgens – G. hutchisonii – G. lyman-smithii
Name

Gregbrownia W.Till & Barfuss, Phytotaxa 279: 40. (2016)

Type species: Gregbrownia fulgens (L.B.Sm.) W.Till & Barfuss, Phytotaxa 279: 40. (2016)

References

Barfuss, M.H.J., Till, W., Leme, E.M.C., Pinzón, J.P., Manzanares, J.M., Halbritter, H., Samuel, M.R. & Brown, G.K. 2016. Taxonomic revision of Bromeliaceae subfam. Tillandsioideae based on a multi-locus DNA sequence phylogeny and morphology. Phytotaxa 279(1): 1–97. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.279.1.1 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gregbrownia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gregbrownia. Published online. Accessed: June 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Gregbrownia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 30.

Gregbrownia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.[1]

It is native to Ecuador and northern Peru.[1]

The genus name of Gregbrownia is in honour of Gregory K. Brown (b. 1951), an American botanist and specialist in Bromeliaceae.[2]

It was first described and published in Phytotaxa vol.279 on page 40 in 2016.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

Gregbrownia brownii (H.Luther) W.Till & Barfuss
Gregbrownia fulgens (L.B.Sm.) W.Till & Barfuss
Gregbrownia hutchisonii (L.B.Sm.) W.Till & Barfuss
Gregbrownia lyman-smithii (Rauh & Barthlott) W.Till & Barfuss

References

"Gregbrownia W.Till & Barfuss | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.