Navia lopezii L.B.Sm.

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (1): 1-658. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Navia lopezii L.B.Sm.

  • Description

    Description - Plant scandent, completely glabrous; stem stout. Leaves densely many-ranked, entire; sheaths broadly ovate, about 2 cm long, nerved, dark castaneous, lustrous; blades sublinear, flat, to 22 cm long, 23 mm wide, slightly contracted at base, attenuate toward apex and involute-subulate for a short distance, with a narrow brown cartilaginous margin. Inflorescence terminal, sessile, dense, globose from a few few-flowered fascicles; outer bracts oblong, broadly acute. Floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, ample, subcoriaceous; flowers sessile. Sepals free, linear, attenuate, 50 mm long, subcoriaceous, glabrous, the anterior sepal flat, the two posterior alate-carinate; petal-blades 1 cm long, exceeding the stamens; ovary superior. Large lustrous epidermal cells were mistaken for scales in the original description.

  • Discussion

    Large lustrous epidermal cells were mistaken for scales in the original description.