Hechtia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species.[3][4] Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.[2][5][6][7][8][9]
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| Hechtia guatemalensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Hechtioideae Givnish |
| Genus: | Hechtia Klotzsch |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conrad Hecht (1771–1837), German counselor to the King of Prussia.[10] Except for H. gayorum, the plants of this genus are dioecious.
Species
edit- Hechtia aquamarina I.Ramírez & C.F.Jiménez - Puebla
- Hechtia argentea Baker - Querétaro
- Hechtia bracteata Mez - Citlaltépetl (Puebla + Veracruz)
- Hechtia caerulea (Matuda) L.B.Sm. - San Luis Potosí, México State, Guerrero
- Hechtia capituligera Mez - San Luis Potosí
- Hechtia carlsoniae Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Guerrero
- Hechtia caudata L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
- Hechtia caulescens López-Ferr., Espejo & Mart.-Correa - Oaxaca
- Hechtia chichinautzensis Mart.-Correa, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Morelos
- Hechtia colossa Mart.-Correa, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Puebla, Oaxaca
- Hechtia complanata Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
- Hechtia confusa L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
- Hechtia conzattiana L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
- Hechtia dichroantha Donnell Smith - Guatemala, Honduras
- Hechtia edulis I.Ramírez, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Chihuahua
- Hechtia elliptica L.B.Sm. - Coahuila
- Hechtia epigyna Harms - Tamaulipas, Hidalgo
- Hechtia fosteriana L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
- Hechtia fragilis Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Puebla, Oaxaca
- Hechtia galeottii Mez - Oaxaca
- Hechtia gayorum L.W.Lenz - Baja California Sur
- Hechtia glabra Brandegee - Veracruz
- Hechtia glauca Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Michoacán
- Hechtia glomerata Zucc. - from Texas to Guatemala
- Hechtia guatemalensis Mez - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua
- Hechtia gypsophila López-Ferr., Espejo & Hern.-Cárdenas - Oaxaca
- Hechtia hintoniana Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - México State, Michoacán
- Hechtia iltisii Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Jalisco
- Hechtia isthmusiana Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
- Hechtia ixtlanensis Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
- Hechtia jaliscana L.B.Sm. - Jalisco
- Hechtia laevis L.B.Sm. - Colima
- Hechtia lanata L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
- Hechtia laxissima L.B.Sm. - Michoacán
- Hechtia lepidophylla I.Ramírez - Querétaro, Hidalgo
- Hechtia lundelliorum L.B.Sm. - San Luis Potosí
- Hechtia lyman-smithii Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Oaxaca
- Hechtia malvernii Gilmartin - Honduras
- Hechtia marnier-lapostollei L.B.Sm. - México State, Oaxaca
- Hechtia matudae L.B.Sm. - Morelos
- Hechtia melanocarpa L.B.Sm. - Guerrero
- Hechtia mexicana L.B.Sm. - Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
- Hechtia michoacana Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Michoacán
- Hechtia minuta Hern-Cárdenas, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Oaxaca
- Hechtia montana Brandegee - Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa
- Hechtia mooreana L.B.Smith - Guerrero
- Hechtia myriantha Mez - Veracruz
- Hechtia nuusaviorum Espejo & López-Ferrari - Oaxaca
- Hechtia oaxacana Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Oaxaca
- Hechtia pedicellata S.Watson - Jalisco
- Hechtia perotensis I.Ramírez & Martínez-Correa - Puebla
- Hechtia podantha Mez - Coahuila, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Puebla
- Hechtia pretiosa Espejo & López-Ferrari - Guanajuato
- Hechtia pringlei B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Oaxaca
- Hechtia pueblensis Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Puebla
- Hechtia pumila Burt-Utley & J. Utley - Guerrero
- Hechtia purpusii Brandegee - Veracruz
- Hechtia reflexa L.B.Sm. - Michoacán, Guerrero
- Hechtia reticulata L.B.Sm. - Colima
- Hechtia rosea E.Morren ex Baker - Hidalgo, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
- Hechtia roseana L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
- Hechtia schottii Baker ex Hemsley - Campeche, Yucatán
- Hechtia sphaeroblasta B.L.Rob. - Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla
- Hechtia stenopetala Klotzsch - Hidalgo, Veracruz
- Hechtia suaveolens E. Morren ex Mez - home range unknown; probably extinct
- Hechtia subalata L.B.Smith - Durango, Nayarit
- Hechtia texensis S.Watson - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Texas
- Hechtia tillandsioides (André) L.B.Sm. - Hidalgo, México State
- Hechtia zamudioi Espejo, López-Ferrari & I.Ramírez - Querétaro
References
edit- ^ "Genus: Hecthia Klotzsch". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Givnish, Thomas J.; Barfuss, Michael H. J.; Van Ee, Benjamin; Riina, Ricarda; Schulte, Katharina; Horres, Ralf; Gonsiska, Philip A.; Jabaily, Rachel S.; Crayn, Darren M.; Smith, J. Andrew C.; Winter, Klaus (May 2011). "Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny". American Journal of Botany. 98 (5): 872–895. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000059. hdl:2027.42/142109. PMID 21613186.
- ^ Gouda, E.J. & Butcher, D. (cont. updated) A List of Accepted Bromeliaceae Names [http://bromeliad.nl/bromNames/]. University Botanic Gardens, Utrecht (accessed: 20-12-2019).
- ^ Burt-Utley, K. & J. F. Utley. 1987. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae). Brittonia 39(1): 37–43.
- ^ Burt-Utley, K., J. F. Utley & A. J. García-Mendoza. 2011. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae, Pitcairnioideae). I. New and noteworthy species of Hechtia from Mexico. Phytoneuron 2011–59: 1–17
- ^ Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part I. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(1): 1–660
- ^ Flora of North America, Hechtia Klotzsch, Allgemeine Gartenzeitung. 3: 401. 1835.
- ^ Espejo-Serna, Adolfo; López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa; Hernández-Cárdenas, Rodrigo Alejandro (2019-03-22). "Two new species of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae, Hechtioideae) from Oaxaca, Mexico". Phytotaxa. 397 (4): 280–290. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.397.4.2. ISSN 1179-3163.
- ^ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
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