Navia abysmophila L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1960. The botany of the Guayana highland--Part IV. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-37.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Acaulis vel breviter caulescens; caule ad 10 cm longo, pauciramoso, 5 mm diametro, mox nudo; foliis multis, apiee caulis densissime aggregatis, ad 6 cm longis, interioribus aream coloratam circa inflorescentiam haud formantibus, vaginis integris, infimis subtriangularibus, parvis, supremis suboblongis, ca. 1 cm longis, laminis linearibus, acuminatis, 3.5 mm latis, basi haud contraetis, subtus valde nervatis cretaceisque, mox utrinque glabris, spinis minutis subdense serrulatis; inflorescentia subsessile, simplici, pauciflora, 5 mm diametro; bracteis exterioribus subfoliaceis sed valde reductis; bracteis florigeris late elliptieis, acutis mucronulatisque, 8 mm longis, omnino membranaceis, pallide brunneis, lepidibus minutis linearibus pallidis sparsissime vestitis; sepalis oblongis, obtusis cucullatisque, 7 mm longis, posterioribus anguste alato-carinatis; petalis albis; staminibus inelusis; ovario supero.
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Discussion
Fig. 8.
This novelty closely resembles Navia cucullata but differs in having the young leaves cretaceous beneath and the floral bracts acute and uniformly membranaceous.