Wittmackia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Wittmackia
Species: W. abbreviata – W. altocaririensis – W. amorimii – W. andersoniana – W. antillana – W. bicolor – W. brasiliensis – W. burle-marxii – W. canaliculata – W. carvalhoi – W. caymanensis – W. distans – W. eriostachya – W. fawcettii – W. froesii – W. gregaria – W. incompta – W. inermis – W. ituberaensis – W. jamaicana – W. laesslei – W. laevigata – W. limae – W. lingulata – W. lingulatoides – W. linharesiorum – W. maranguapensis – W. mesoamericana – W. negrilensis – W. neoregelioides – W. patentissima – W. penduliflora – W. pendulispica – W. pernambucentris – W. poeppigii – W. polycephala – W. portoricensis – W. rohan-estyi – W. silvana – W. spinulosa – W. sulbahianensis – W. tentaculifera – W. turbinocalyx – W. urbaniana – W. viridostigma
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Wittmackia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 18. Reference page.

Name

Wittmackia Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 274. (1891)
Type species: Wittmackia lingulata (L.) Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 275. (1891)

References

Mez, C.C. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1891. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 274.
Aguirre-Santoro, J. 2017. Taxonomy of the Ronnbergia Alliance (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae): new combinations, synopsis, and new circumscriptions of Ronnbergia and the resurrected genus Wittmackia. Plant Systematics and Evolution 303(5): 615-640. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-017-1394-y Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Wittmackia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Wittmackia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 18 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Wittmackia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 18.

Wittmackia is a genus in the family Bromeliaceae.[1]

The genus name of Wittmackia is in honour of Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929), a German botanist.[2] The genus was first described and published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. Vol.3 (Issue 3) on page 274 in 1891.[1]

It's native range stretches down from Mexico, through central America to Tropical America, including parts of the Caribean. They are found in Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles and Windward Islands.[1]
Known species

As of May 2021, Kew's Plants of the World Online lists the following species:[1]

Wittmackia abbreviata (L.B.Sm. & Proctor) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia altocaririensis (Leme & L.Kollmann) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia amorimii (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia andersoniana (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia antillana (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia bicolor (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia brasiliensis (E.Pereira & I.A.Penna) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia burle-marxii (E.Pereira) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia canaliculata (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia carvalhoi (Martinelli & Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia caymanensis (Britton ex L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia distans (Griseb.) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia eriostachya (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia fawcettii (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia froesii (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia gregaria (Leme & L.Kollmann) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia incompta (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia inermis (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia ituberaensis (Leme & L.Kollmann) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia jamaicana (L.B.Sm. & Proctor) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia laesslei (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia laevigata (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia limae (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia lingulata (L.) Mez
Wittmackia lingulatoides (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia linharesiorum (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia maranguapensis (Leme & Scharf) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia mesoamericana (I.Ramírez, Carnevali & Cetzal) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia negrilensis (Britton ex L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia neoregelioides (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia patentissima (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Mez
Wittmackia penduliflora (A.Rich.) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia pendulispica (Leme & L.Kollmann) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia pernambucentris (J.A.Siqueira & Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia polycephala (Baker) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia portoricensis (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia rohan-estyi (Proctor, Aguirre-Santoro & K.Campbell) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia silvana (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia spinulosa (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia sulbahianensis (Leme, Amorim & J.A.Siqueira) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia tentaculifera (Leme, Amorim & J.A.Siqueira) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia turbinocalyx (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia urbaniana (Mez) Aguirre-Santoro
Wittmackia viridostigma (Leme & H.Luther) Aguirre-Santoro

References

"Wittmackia Mez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 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.