Ronnbergia Explained

Ronnbergia is a genus in the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. Native to South and Central America,^{[1] [2]} this genus was named for Auguste Ronnberg, Belgian Director of Agriculture and Horticulture in 1874.^[3]

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted 20 species.^[4]

• Ronnbergia aciculosa (Mez & Sodiro) Aguirre-Santoro, syns. Ronnbergia nidularioides H.E.Luther, Aechmea aciculosa Mez & Sodiro
• Ronnbergia allenii (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro, syn. Ronnbergia petersii L.B.Sm
• Ronnbergia campanulata Gilmartin & H. Luther - Ecuador
• Ronnbergia columbiana É.Morren - Colombia, Peru
• Ronnbergia deleonii L.B. Smith - Colombia, Ecuador
• Ronnbergia drakeana (André) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia explodens L.B. Smith - Panama, Ecuador, Peru
• Ronnbergia fraseri (Baker) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia germinyana (Carrière) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia hathewayi L.B. Smith - Costa Rica, Panama
• Ronnbergia involucrata (André) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia killipiana L.B. Smith - Colombia, Ecuador
• Ronnbergia maidifolia Mez - Colombia, Panama
• Ronnbergia morreniana Linden & André - Colombia, Ecuador
• Ronnbergia subpetiolata (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia tonduzii (Mez & Pittier) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia veitchii (Baker) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia viridispica (Aguirre-Santoro & Betancur) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia weberbaueri (Harms) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia wuelfinghoffii (E.Gross) Aguirre-Santoro

Formerly included

• Ronnbergia brasiliensis E.Pereira & I.A.Penna → Wittmackia brasiliensis (E.Pereira & I.A.Penna) Aguirre-Santoro
• Ronnbergia carvalhoi Martinelli & Leme → Wittmackia carvalhoi (Martinelli & Leme) Aguirre-Santoro - Bahia
• Ronnbergia neoregelioides Leme → Wittmackia neoregelioides (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro - Bahia
• Ronnbergia marantoides L.B.Sm. → Lymania marantoides (L.B.Sm.) Read
• Ronnbergia silvana Leme → Wittmackia silvana (Leme) Aguirre-Santoro - Bahia

External links

• FCBS Ronnbergia Photos
• BSI Genera Gallery photos

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=262544 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://biodiversity.mongabay.com/plants/r/Ronnbergia_campanulata.html Biodiversity Mongabay, Ronnbergia campanulata
3. Web site: Bromeliad Info – Genera Etymology . 2007-02-18 . 2007-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070203011214/http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/genera.html . dead .
4. Web site: Ronnbergia É.Morren & André . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022-11-11 .