Hechtia pedicellata S.Watson
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (1): 1-658. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
TYPE. Pringle 2970 (holotype, GH), on ledges in the barranca, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Description
Description - Plant slender, 5-6 dm high. Leaves densely rosulate, up to 7 dm long; sheaths large, suborbicular or reniform; blades linear-triangular, 35 mm wide, densely pale-appressed-lepidote below, soon glabrous above, armed with uncinate teeth up to 2 mm long and 1-2 cm apart. Scape short, ascending, 4-6 mm in diameter, glabrous; scape-bracts lance-ovate, linear-laminate or acuminate, much exceeding the internodes, chartaceous. Inflorescence densely cylindric, 4-5 dm long, 5-15 cm in diameter, bipinnate except for the barely divided lowest branches, glabrous; primary bracts lance-ovate, acuminate, the lower ones half as long as the axillary branches; racemes laxly few-flowered. Floral bracts lance-oblong, minute, much shorter than the pedicels; flowers spreading; pedicels slender, the staminate up to 3 mm long, the pistillate up to 8 mm long. Sepals broadly triangular, 1.5 mm long; staminate petals oblong, obtuse, 3 mm long, cucullate; pistillate petals broadly triangular, acute, 2 mm long; stamens included; ovary wholly superior, glabrous; style 1 mm long. Capsule ovoid, acute, 1 cm long; seeds linear or oblong, with a narrow wing on 3 sides.
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Distribution
Mexico North America| Jalisco Mexico North America|