Hechtia

Hechtia
Hechtia guatemalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Hechtioideae
Givnish
Genus: Hechtia
Klotzsch
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Bakerantha L.B.Sm.
  • Bakeria André 1889, illegitimate homonym, not Seem. 1864
  • Niveophyllum Matuda

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]

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.

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  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ^ Burt-Utley, K. & J. F. Utley. 1987. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae). Brittonia 39(1): 37–43.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part I. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(1): 1–660
  8. ^ Flora of North America, Hechtia Klotzsch, Allgemeine Gartenzeitung. 3: 401. 1835.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.