Lemeltonia

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: Lemeltonia
Species: L. acosta-solisii – L. cornuta – L. dodsonii – L. monadelpha – L. narthecioides – L. scaligera – L. triglochinoides
Name

Lemeltonia Barfuss, M.H.J. & Till, W., Phytotaxa 279: 41. (2016)

Type species: Lemeltonia dodsonii (L.B.Sm.) Barfuss & W.Till, Phytotaxa 279: 42. (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. Lemeltonia 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. Lemeltonia. Published online. Accessed: June 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Lemeltonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 30.

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

Its native range is Central America to north-western Peru and Trinidad. It is found in the countries of Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Lemeltonia is in honour of Elton Martinez Carvalho Leme (b. 1960), a Brazilian botanist and specialist in Brazilian Bromeliaceae at a herbarium in Rio de Janeiro.[2] It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 41 in 2016.[1]
Known species

According to Kew;[1]

Lemeltonia acosta-solisii (Gilmartin) Barfuss & W.Till
Lemeltonia cornuta (Mez & Sodiro) Barfuss & W.Till
Lemeltonia dodsonii (L.B.Sm.) Barfuss & W.Till
Lemeltonia monadelpha (É.Morren) Barfuss & W.Till
Lemeltonia narthecioides (C.Presl) Barfuss & W.Till
Lemeltonia scaligera (Mez & Sodiro) Barfuss & W.Till
Lemeltonia triglochinoides (C.Presl) Barfuss & W.Till

References

"Lemeltonia Barfuss & W.Till | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 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.