Gregbrownia Explained

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

It is native to Ecuador and northern Peru.

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.

Known species, according to Kew:

• Gregbrownia brownii, syn. Mezobromelia brownii H.Luther
• Gregbrownia fulgens, syn. Mezobromelia fulgens L.B.Sm.
• Gregbrownia hutchisonii, syn. Mezobromelia hutchisonii (L.B.Smi.) W.Weber & L.B.Sm.
• Gregbrownia lyman-smithii, syn. Mezobromelia lyman-smithii Rauh & Barthlott

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gregbrownia W.Till & Barfuss Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 26 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.