Wittmackia laesslei (L.B.Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro

• Region

  West Indies

• Country

  Jamaica

• State/Province

  Saint James

• Locality

  Cockpit Country. Road between Mocho and Catadupa. about 2.5 km W of Mocho.

• Elevation

  Alt. 642 m. (2106 ft.)

• Coordinates

  18.2878, -77.8447

• Location Notes

  [West Indies]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Wittmackia laesslei (L.B. Sm.) Aguirre-Santoro
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Hohenbergia laesslei L.B. Sm.
Det: Julián Aguirre-Santoro 8/2015
plants of jamaica
Hohenbergia laesslei L.B. Sm.
Bromeliaceae
Very frequent, but local. Epiphyte or rupiculous, cespitóse. Leaves
forming a semi-spreading tank rosette. Sheaths pale brown on both
surfaces. Blades strongly coriaceous, dark green and covered with
white lepidote indûment, especially on the abaxial side. Inflorescence
erect, turning pendulous when old. Scape 1-1.5 cm in diameter, green,
with sparse floccose white indûment. Scape bracts white-green.
Inflorescence rachis green with sparse floccose indûment. Spike stipes
green and glabrous. Primary bracts similar to scape bracts. Floral
bracts white-green. Sepals green. Corolla white, forming a tube and
spreading towards the apex. Stigma white. Anthers white.
Jamaica, St. James Parish: Cockpit Country. Road between Mocho
and Catadupa. About 2.5 km W of Mocho. Roadside banks of
limestone. 18°17'16.1"N; 77°50'40.8 'W. 642 m.
Collectors: Julián Aguirre-Santoro and Keron Campbell.
Collection number: 1809
6/25/2012
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