Deuterocohnia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae, endemic to South America.[1] The genus is named for Ferdinand Julius Cohn, Jewish botanist and bacteriologist.[2]
| Deuterocohnia | |
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| Deuterocohnia lorentziana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pitcairnioideae |
| Genus: | Deuterocohnia Mez |
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Plants once described as belonging to the genus Abromeitiella have been reevaluated and reclassified within Deuterocohnia following modern DNA analysis.[3]
Species
edit- Deuterocohnia bracteosa W. Till & L. Hromadnik - Bolivia
- Deuterocohnia brevifolia (Grisebach) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith - Bolivia, Argentina
- Deuterocohnia brevispicata Rauh & L. Hromadnik - Bolivia
- Deuterocohnia chrysantha (Philippi) Mez - Chile
- Deuterocohnia digitata L.B. Smith - Bolivia, Argentina
- Deuterocohnia gableana Vásquez & Ibisch - Bolivia
- Deuterocohnia glandulosa E. Gross - Bolivia
- Deuterocohnia haumanii Castellanos - Argentina
- Deuterocohnia longipetala (Baker) Mez - Bolivia, Argentina, Peru
- Deuterocohnia lorentziana (Mez) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith - Argentina
- Deuterocohnia lotteae (Rauh) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith - Bolivia
- Deuterocohnia meziana Kuntze ex Mez
- var. carmineoviridiflora Rauh - Bolivia
- var. meziana - - Bolivia, Paraguay, Mato Grosso do Sul
- Deuterocohnia pedicellata W. Till - Chuquisaca
- Deuterocohnia recurvipetala E. Gross - Argentina
- Deuterocohnia scapigera (Rauh & L. Hromadnik) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Smith
- subsp. sanctae-crucis Vásquez & Ibisch - Bolivia
- subsp. scapigera - Bolivia
- Deuterocohnia schreiteri Castellanos - Argentina
- Deuterocohnia seramisiana R. Vásquez, Ibisch & E. Gross - Bolivia
- Deuterocohnia strobilifera Mez
- var. inermis L.B. Smith - Bolivia
- var. strobilifera - Bolivia
References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ^ Key To The Genera Of Bromeliaceae
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deuterocohnia.
- FCBS Deuterocohnia Photos
- BSI Genera Gallery Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine photos