Stigmatodon francae (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae), a New Species from Cliff Ecosystems on Inselbergs in Southeastern Brazil

Dayvid Rodrigues Couto; Vitor da Cunha Manhães; Andrea Ferreira da Costa

doi:10.3417/2020521

Dayvid Rodrigues Couto Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9563-8001
Vitor da Cunha Manhães Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Andrea Ferreira da Costa Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/2020521

Keywords: Atlantic Forest, Bromeliaceae, IUCN Red List, neotropics, rock outcrops, Stigmatodon, taxonomy, Vrieseinae

Abstract

Stigmatodon Leme, G. K. Br. & Barfuss is an exclusively Brazilian genus of Bromeliaceae that occurs mainly on large vertical granite surfaces of inselbergs in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. A new species found in cliff ecosystems on inselbergs in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro is described and illustrated. Data are provided on its habitat, ecology, and geographical distribution, together with an evaluation of its conservation status according to IUCN criteria.

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