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New genera and a new species in the "Cryptanthoid Complex" (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) based on the morphology of recently discovered species, seed anatomy, and improvements in molecular phylogeny
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- 1. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. & Research Associate, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, USA. & leme@tjrj.jus.br; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4712-9832
- 2. Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 13, D-60439 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. & Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. & gzizka@senckenberg.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5030-7049
- 3. Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Rua Rio Barbosa s.n., Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil. & Centro Universitário Maria Milza (UNIMAM), Rod. BR-101, km. 215, Governador Mangabeira, Bahia, Brazil & hilosouza@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8593-5010
- 4. Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. & Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. & j.paule@bo.berlin; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5375-7689
- 5. jordanoaceae@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2423-2186
- 6. jorge.mariath@ufrgs.br; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2776-6781
- 7. Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Wien, Austria. & heidemarie.halbritter@univie.ac.at; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2869-1627
- 8. Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Depto. Biologia Vegetal, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. & otaviorupestris@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7742-8476
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Leme, Elton M. C., Zizka, Georg, Souza, Everton Hilo De, Paule, Juraj, De Carvalho, Jordano D. T., Mariath, Jorge E. A., Halbritter, Heidemarie, Ribeiro, Otávio B. C. (2022): New genera and a new species in the "Cryptanthoid Complex" (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) based on the morphology of recently discovered species, seed anatomy, and improvements in molecular phylogeny. Phytotaxa 544 (2): 128-170, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.544.2.2
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