Steyerbromelia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Navioideae
Genus: Steyerbromelia
Species: S. deflexa – S. diffusa – S. discolor – S. garcia-barrigae – S. naquenensis – S. neblinae – S. nukakii – S. ramosa – S. thomasii
Name

Steyerbromelia L.B.Sm., Acta Bot. Venez. 14(3): 8. (1984)

Type species: Steyerbromelia discolor L.B.Sm. & H.Rob., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 700 (1986 publ. 1987)

References

Smith, L.B. (1984) Acta Botanica Venezuelica 14(3): 8.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Steyerbromelia 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. Steyerbromelia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 9 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Steyerbromelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Apr. 9.

Steyerbromelia (named after Julian A. Steyermark, an American plant collector, author, and editor)[1] is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Navioideae. All the known species in the genus are endemic to southern Venezuela,[2] and northern Brazil and Colombia.[3]
Species

Steyerbromelia deflexa L.B. Smith & Robinson
Steyerbromelia diffusa L.B. Smith, Steyermark & Robinson
Steyerbromelia discolor L.B. Smith & Robinson
Steyerbromelia plowmanii (L.B. Smith, Steyermark & Robinson) Robinson & D. Taylor
Steyerbromelia ramosa (L.B. Smith) B. Holst
Steyerbromelia thomasii (L.B. Smith, Steyermark & Robinson) B. Holst

Kew also accepts;[3]

Steyerbromelia garcia-barrigae (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro, Betancur & B.Holst
Steyerbromelia naquenensis Betancur & Aguirre-Santoro
Steyerbromelia neblinae B.Holst
Steyerbromelia nukakii Betancur & Aguirre-Santoro

References

Bromeliad Society International- Genera Etymology
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Steyerbromelia L.B.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 December 2021.