Navia saxicola 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
Latin Diagnosis - Humilis, verisimiliter pulvinata; parte brevi caulis solum cognita, foliis vetustis dense obtecta; foliis vivis plurimis, apice caulis rosulatis, juvenilibus pilis albis minutis dissite obtectis, mox glabris, vaginis parvis, suborbicularibus, basi hyalinis, apice atro-castaneis, laminis patentibus, linearibus, acuminatis, 8 cm longis, 3 mm latis, basi dense minuteque serrulatis, alibi laxius; scapo brevi, nudo; inflorescentia e centro foliorum parum exserta; bracteis exterioribus foliaceis sed valde reductis; bracteis florigeris ovatis, sepala superantibus, basi hyalinis, apice brunneis incrassatis et obscurissime serrulatis; pedicellis brevibus; sepalis liberis, oblongis, acutis, 6 mm longis, posterioribus, alato-carinatis, carina denticulata; petalis albis, stamina subaequantibus; antheris apice dehiscentibus; ovario supero.
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Discussion
Fig. 41.
TYPE: flowers white, base of center (young) leaves white, frequent on rocks, cumbre at 1200 m alt., Cerro Yapacana, Rio Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela, January 3, 1951, B. Maguire, R. S. Cowan & J. J. Wurdack 30680.