Wittmackia Explained
Wittmackia is a genus of flowering plants 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]
Its native range stretches down from Mexico, through Central America to Tropical America, including parts of the Caribbean. 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
, Kew's Plants of the World Online listed 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, syn. Ronnbergia carvalhoi Martinelli & Leme
- 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, syn. Ronnbergia neoregelioides Leme
- 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, syn. Ronnbergia silvana Leme
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Wittmackia Mez . Plants of the World Online . . 15 November 2022.
- 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.
