Hechtia edulis I. Ramírez, Espejo & López-Ferr. (Bromeliaceae) is described and illustrated from Copper Canyon National Park, Chihuahua, Mexico. The new entity is characterized by its caespitose, monocarpic habit, by its small rosettes, and by the similarity of its staminate and pistillate inflorescences in size, the simple panicles with the branching much shortened, the flowers sessile, the floral bracts scarious, and pistillate flowers with petals green and carnose.
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9 September 2011
A New Species of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae) from Chihuahua, Mexico
Ivón M. Ramírez Morillo,
Adolfo Espejo-Serna,
Ana Rosa López-Ferrari
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Bromeliaceae
Chihuahua
Hechtia
IUCN Red List
Mexico