Lymania

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Lymania
Species: L. alvimii – L. azurea – L. brachycaulis – L. corallina – L. globosa – L. languida – L. marantoides – L. smithii – L. spiculata
Name

Lymania Read, J. Bromeliad Soc. 34: 201 (1984)

Type species: Lymania alvimii (L.B.Sm. & Read) Read, J. Bromeliad Soc. 34: 213 (1984)

References

Read, R.W. (1984) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 34: 199–201, 212–6.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Lymania 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. Lymania. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 9 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Lymania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Apr. 9.

Lymania (named for Lyman Bradford Smith, American botanist)[1] is a genus in the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus was established in 1984 to "unite furrowed or winged species from Aechmea subgenera Lamprococcus, Araeococcus and Ronnbergia.".[2]

Lymania is a group of plants endemic to the Bahian coast of the Brazilian rainforest. Modern DNA analysis has confirmed that Lymania is correctly classified as an independent genus containing two distinct clades.[3]

Species

Lymania alvimii (L.B. Smith & R.W. Read) R.W. Read
Lymania azurea Leme
Lymania brachycaulis (E. Morren ex Baker) L.O.F. de Sousa
Lymania corallina (Brongniart ex Beer) R.W. Read
Lymania globosa Leme
Lymania languida Leme
Lymania marantoides (L.B. Smith) R.W. Read
Lymania smithii R.W. Read
Lymania spiculata Leme & Forzza

References

"Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
Sousa et al. 2004. Is the genus Lymania (Bromeliaceae) monophyletyc? Phylogenetic analyses of morphology, molecular and combined data. Presentation, Botany 2004 conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Sousa et al. 2006. Monophyly and Phylogenetic Relationships in Lymania (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) Based on Morphology and Chloroplast DNA Sequences. Presentation, Botany 2006 conference, Chico, California, USA