Navia hechtioides L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1957. The Botany of the Guiana Highland -- Part II. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 (3): 235-392.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Florifera 3 m alta; foliis fere 1 m longis, vaginis brevibus, 6 cm latis, integris, pallide adpresseque lepidotis, laminis linearibus, 4 cm latis, basi nullo modo angustatis, in apicem crassum pungentem acuminatis, spinis subrectis atris 3 mm longis laxe armatis, supra mox glabris, subtus minutissime albo-lepidotis; scapo ignoto; inflorescentia laxissime tripinnatim paniculata, glabra; bracteis primariis late ovatis, cuspidato-acutis9 quam basibus sterilibus nudis elongatis ramorum multo brevioribus; ramis patentibus; spicis patentibus, laxifloris; rhachi valde angulata; bracteis florigeris late ovatis, acutis, quam sepalis brevioribus; floribus patentibus, brevissime crasseque pedicellatis; sepalis cochleari-imbricatis, late ovatis, 10 mm longis, posterioribus alato-carinatis; petalis incompletis solum cognitis; ovario supero, crasse ovoideo; seminibus angustissime alatis, alis deciduis.
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Discussion
Fig. 30.
TYPE: open scrub savanna, Campo Grande, 1500 m alt., Cerro Sipapo (Paraque), Amazonas, Venezuela, December 10, 1948, B. Maguire & L. Politi 27574.