Lymania

Taxobox


image_caption = "Lymania smithii"
name = "Lymania"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Bromeliaceae
subfamilia = Pitcairnioideae
genus = Lymania
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Lymania alvimii"
*"Lymania brachycaulis"
*"Lymania corallina"
*"Lymania globosa"
*"Lymania languida"
*"Lymania smithii"
*"Lymania spiculata"

"Lymania" (named for Lyman Bradford Smith, American botanist) [ [http://bsi.org/brom_info/genera.html Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology ] ] is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus was established in 1984 to "unite furrowed or winged species from Aechmea subgenus Lamprococcus, Araeococcus and Ronnbergia" [ [http://www.2004.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=344 Botany 2004 - Abstract Search ] ] a group of plants native to the Bahian coast of the Brazilian rainforest. Modern DNA analysis has confirmed that Lymania is correctly classified as an independent genus containing two distinct clades [ [http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=664 Botany 2006 - Abstract Search ] ] .

Links

* [http://fcbs.org/pictures/Lymania.htm FCBS Lymania Photos]

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