Hechtia Explained

Hechtia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species.[1] [2]

Notes and References

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  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248008 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Burt-Utley, K. & J. F. Utley. 1987. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae). Brittonia 39(1): 37–43.
  4. Burt-Utley, K., J. F. Utley & A. J. García-Mendoza. 2011. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae, Pitcairnioideae). I. New and noteworthy species of Hechtia from Mexico. Phytoneuron 2011–59: 1–17
  5. Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part I. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(1): 1–660
  6. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=114797 Flora of North America, Hechtia Klotzsch, Allgemeine Gartenzeitung. 3: 401. 1835.
  7. Espejo-Serna. Adolfo. López-Ferrari. Ana Rosa. Hernández-Cárdenas. Rodrigo Alejandro. 2019-03-22. Two new species of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae, Hechtioideae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Phytotaxa. en. 397. 4. 280–290. 10.11646/phytotaxa.397.4.2. 1179-3163. free.
  8. Book: Gledhill, D. . The Names of Plants . 4 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-86645-3 . 2008 . 193.
  9. Gouda, E.J. & Butcher, D. (cont. updated) A List of Accepted Bromeliaceae Names [http://bromeliad.nl/bromNames/]. University Botanic Gardens, Utrecht (accessed: 20-12-2019). Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

    The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conrad Hecht (1771–1837), German counselor to the King of Prussia.[8] Except for H. gayorum, the plants of this genus are dioecious.

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