Neoregelia zonata L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (3): 1493-2142. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Foster 197 (holotype GH, isotypes R, US), litoral, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 11 Jul 1939.
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Description
Description - Plant propagating by stolons. Leaves few, rosulate, 25-34 cm long, pale-appressed-lepidote and strongly purple-banded on both sides; sheaths elliptic, 10-12 cm long; blades ligulate, not narrowed at base, rounded and apiculate, 2-3 cm wide, laxly serrate with dark spines 2 mm long. Scape short. Inflorescence simple, ca. 15-flowered, pale-flocculose, soon glabrous. Floral bracts slightly exceeding the ovary, thin, serrulate, the outer ovate, the floral oblong; pedicels slender, to 13 mm long. Sepals elliptic, asymmetric, acute but not mucronulate, 26 mm long, connate for 3 mm; petals naked, 37 mm long, white except for the blue apex; stamens included; ovary ellipsoid, 12 mm long, the epigynous tube funnelform, 4 mm long; placentae subapical; ovules obtuse.
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Distribution
Known from the type collection only.
Brazil South America| Espirito Santo Brazil South America|