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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959" ID-GBIF-Dataset="9e6183c2-b838-4ca5-8d5b-62cc15fc1f20" ID-PMC="PMC6785572" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2003-132-99" ID-Pensoft-UUID="54E5CD4A687F5D52BCC1FE2267CB290E" ID-PubMed="31616206" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3478685" ModsDocID="1314-2003-132-99" checkinTime="1570026186152" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Hernandez-Cardenas, Rodrigo Alejandro, Diaz, Alejandra Serrato, Lopez-Ferrari, Ana Rosa &amp; Espejo-Serna, Adolfo" docDate="2019" docId="9552F6F39C735630A26C118F4ADD31E8" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 132: 99-110" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 132" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959" docTitle="Viridantha uniflora Hernández-Cárdenas &amp; Díaz &amp; López-Ferrari &amp; Espejo-Serna 2019, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="6" id="54E5CD4A687F5D52BCC1FE2267CB290E" lastPageNumber="106" masterDocId="54E5CD4A687F5D52BCC1FE2267CB290E" masterDocTitle="Novelties in the genus Viridantha Espejo (Tillandsioideae, Bromeliaceae)" masterLastPageNumber="110" masterPageNumber="99" pageNumber="104" updateTime="1668139521346" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Novelties in the genus Viridantha Espejo (Tillandsioideae, Bromeliaceae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Hernandez-Cardenas, Rodrigo Alejandro</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Diaz, Alejandra Serrato</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Lopez-Ferrari, Ana Rosa</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="9552F6F3-9C73-5630-A26C-118F4ADD31E8" authority="Hern. - Cárdenas, Espejo &amp; López-Ferr." authorityName="Hernández-Cárdenas &amp; Díaz &amp; López-Ferrari &amp; Espejo-Serna" authorityYear="2019" class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha uniflora" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="uniflora" status="sp. nov.">
<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="104" start="start">Viridantha</pageBreakToken>
uniflora Hern.-
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cárdenas">Cardenas</normalizedToken>
, Espejo &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="López-Ferr">Lopez-Ferr</normalizedToken>
.
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="5" pageNumber="104">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Geographical distribution of the genus Viridantha." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/344359" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" tableDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959.figure2">Figs 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Morphological comparison between Viridantha boqueronensis, V. penascoensis and V. uniflora Hern. - Cardenas, Espejo &amp; Lopez-Ferr. V. uniflora A-B habit E-F, M spikes G plant with inflorescence H pistil I stamens J petals K sepals L floral bract (voucher: Hernandez-Cardenas et al. 2156, UAMIZ). V. boqueronensis C spike (voucher: K. and R. Ehlers EM 7851, MEXU). V. penascoensis D spike (voucher: Hernandez-Cardenas and Sarabia 2116, UAMIZ). Photographs A-B by E. Negri Lavin; C-M by R. Hernandez-Cardenas." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/344360" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" tableDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959.figure3">, 3</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="104" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha uniflora" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Viridantha uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. boqueronensis" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="boqueronensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. boqueronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but differs in the shape (square vs. ovate to triangular) and the width of the leaf sheath (0.7-0.8 cm vs. 1 cm); the width (0.4-0.5 cm vs. 0.7-1.3 cm) of the spikes, the number of flowers per spike (always 1 vs. 2-5); and in the shape of the floral bract (ovate vs. elliptic).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="104" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Type.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
MEXICO. Oaxaca: Distrito de Juxtlahuaca, municipio de Santos Reyes Tepejillo, en los alrededores del
<normalizedToken originalValue="boquerón">boqueron</normalizedToken>
de Santos Reyes Tepejillo (
<geoCoordinate degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="26" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="58" value="17.449444">17°26'58&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="97" direction="west" minutes="56" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="29" value="-97.94139">97°56'29&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
), 1960 m a.s.l., 21 April 2018,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
R.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hernández-Cárdenas">Hernandez-Cardenas</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">E. Negri &amp; J. Conde 2156</emphasis>
(holotype: UAMIZ!; isotype: MEXU!).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="104" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Plants saxicolous, flowering 7-10 cm tall, 7-9 cm diameter; rosettes acaulescent, solitary or caespitose, falcate in outline. Leaves numerous, shorter or equalling the inflorescence; sheaths pale brown on both surfaces, nearly square, 0.8-1 cm long, 0.7-1 cm wide, glabrous towards the base on both surfaces; blades falcate, densely greyish lepidote, narrowly triangular, 3-6 cm long, 0.3-0.4 cm wide, apical portion long attenuate. Inflorescence pedunculated, falcate, one-branched, with 3-5 spikes; peduncle 2.5-3.5 cm long, 0.2-0.3 cm diameter, covered by the bracts of the peduncle; peduncle bracts similar to the leaves but reducing in size towards the apical portion, densely greyish lepidote; spikes green, erect and appressed, flattened, elliptic, 1.3-1.5 cm long, 0.4-0.5 cm wide; flowers erect and appressed, only one per spike; floral bracts green to green-brownish, ovate, 1-1.5 cm long, 0.5-0.6 cm wide, apex acute to acuminate, ecarinate to slightly carinate at the apex, glabrous adaxially, lepidote abaxially; sepals green, lanceolate, 1-1.3 cm long, 0.3-0.4 cm wide, apex acute, the two adaxial ones carinate, both surfaces glabrous or lepidote abaxially mainly on the keel; petals dark green, narrowly oblong, 1.5-1.8 cm long, 0.2-0.3 cm wide, apex rounded to obtuse; filaments white, 0.8-1.2 cm long, included; anthers pale green, 1.2-1.5 mm long; ovary green, ellipsoid, 2.5-3 mm long, 2-3 mm diameter; style white, 8-10 mm long; style branches green. Capsules not seen.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="104" type="habitat">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Habitat and ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha uniflora" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Viridantha uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is only known from the
<normalizedToken originalValue="boquerón">boqueron</normalizedToken>
of the Santos Reyes Tepejillo municipality, located in the Sierra Madre del Sur in the northwest region of the state of Oaxaca, where it grows on vertical walls in dry oak forests and tropical deciduous forests. The plants of
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. uniflora" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
grow in colonies, between 1700 and 1900 m a.s.l., on the cliffs of the
<normalizedToken originalValue="boquerón">boqueron</normalizedToken>
amongst other saxicolous herbs. (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Geographical distribution of the genus Viridantha." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/344359" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" tableDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959.figure2">Figs 2</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Morphological comparison between Viridantha boqueronensis, V. penascoensis and V. uniflora Hern. - Cardenas, Espejo &amp; Lopez-Ferr. V. uniflora A-B habit E-F, M spikes G plant with inflorescence H pistil I stamens J petals K sepals L floral bract (voucher: Hernandez-Cardenas et al. 2156, UAMIZ). V. boqueronensis C spike (voucher: K. and R. Ehlers EM 7851, MEXU). V. penascoensis D spike (voucher: Hernandez-Cardenas and Sarabia 2116, UAMIZ). Photographs A-B by E. Negri Lavin; C-M by R. Hernandez-Cardenas." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/344360" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" tableDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.132.36959.figure3">3</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Morphological comparison between
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha boqueronensis" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="boqueronensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Viridantha boqueronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. penascoensis" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="penascoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. penascoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. uniflora" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hern.-
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cárdenas">Cardenas</normalizedToken>
, Espejo &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="López-Ferr">Lopez-Ferr</normalizedToken>
.
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. uniflora" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
<normalizedToken originalValue="AB">A-B</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
habit
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
<normalizedToken originalValue="EF">E-F</normalizedToken>
, M
</emphasis>
spikes
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">G</emphasis>
plant with inflorescence
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">H</emphasis>
pistil
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">I</emphasis>
stamens
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">J</emphasis>
petals
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">K</emphasis>
sepals
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">L</emphasis>
floral bract (voucher:
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hernández-Cárdenas">Hernandez-Cardenas</normalizedToken>
et al. 2156
</emphasis>
, UAMIZ).
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. boqueronensis" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="boqueronensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. boqueronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">C</emphasis>
spike (voucher:
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">K. and R. Ehlers EM7851</emphasis>
, MEXU).
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. penascoensis" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="penascoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. penascoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">D</emphasis>
spike (voucher:
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hernández-Cárdenas">Hernandez-Cardenas</normalizedToken>
and Sarabia 2116
</emphasis>
, UAMIZ). Photographs
<normalizedToken originalValue="AB">A-B</normalizedToken>
by E. Negri
<normalizedToken originalValue="Lavín">Lavin</normalizedToken>
;
<normalizedToken originalValue="CM">C-M</normalizedToken>
by R.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hernández-Cárdenas">Hernandez-Cardenas</normalizedToken>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="104" type="phenology">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
The plants of
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha uniflora" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Viridantha uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bloom in April and May.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="104" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">The specific epithet refers to the presence of one flower per spike, condition only known in the proposed taxon.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="106" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" type="observations">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Observations.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="106" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">
Plants of
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha uniflora" order="Poales" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">Viridantha uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had previously been collected by
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">J.I. Calzada 20057</emphasis>
(MEXU), but had been wrongly identified as
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. atroviridipetala" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="atroviridipetala">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. atroviridipetala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Matuda) Espejo. However,
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. uniflora" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. atroviridipetala" pageId="5" pageNumber="104" rank="species" species="atroviridipetala">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="104">V. atroviridipetala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the outline shape of the rosettes (falcate vs. spherical); in the shape of the leaf sheaths (square vs.
<pageBreakToken pageId="6" pageNumber="105" start="start">oblong</pageBreakToken>
to ovate); in the shape of the floral bracts (ovate vs. lanceolate to narrowly triangular) and in the number of flowers per spike (1 vs. 2-5).
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha boqueronensis" order="Poales" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="boqueronensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Viridantha boqueronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. penascoensis" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species" species="penascoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">V. penascoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
grow in nearby locations to the type locality of
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. uniflora" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">V. uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but
<pageBreakToken pageId="7" pageNumber="106" start="start">without</pageBreakToken>
overlapping its distributions. These species share the saxicolous habit and the falcate rosettes in outline. However all these species are easily distinguishable from the newly proposed taxon (Table
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Morphological differences amongst Viridantha boqueronensis, V. penascoensis and V. uniflora." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/59BE7FAB8E6DA50F3E242DBA8D31014B" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" tableUuid="59BE7FAB8E6DA50F3E242DBA8D31014B">2</tableCitation>
).
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha uniflora" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Viridantha uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. penascoensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="penascoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. penascoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the inflorescence (branched vs. simple); in the length and in the colour (green vs. red-pink) of the spikes (1.3-1.5 cm vs. 2-3 cm).
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha uniflora" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Viridantha uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. boqueronensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="boqueronensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. boqueronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the shape of the leaf sheaths (square vs. ovate to triangular); in the number of flowers per spike (1 vs. 2-5); in the colour of the spikes (green vs. green with red-pink); in the shape of the floral bracts (ovate vs. elliptic); and in the presence or not of a keel on the floral bracts (absent or visible only in the apex vs. present along the bract.
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Table-UUID="59BE7FAB8E6DA50F3E242DBA8D31014B" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/59BE7FAB8E6DA50F3E242DBA8D31014B" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" start="Table 2" startId="T2">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Table 2.</emphasis>
Morphological differences amongst
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha boqueronensis" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="boqueronensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Viridantha boqueronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. penascoensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="penascoensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. penascoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. uniflora" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<table pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Characters</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. boqueronensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="boqueronensis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. boqueronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. penascoensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="penascoensis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. penascoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. uniflora" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Leaf sheaths size (cm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
0.9-1.4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.8-1
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
0.6-1
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.7-0.8
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
0.8-1
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.7-0.8
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Leaf sheaths shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Ovate to triangular</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Broadly ovate to square</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Square</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Leaf blades size (cm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
4-7
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.3-0.4
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
2.5-4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.2-0.3
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
3-6
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.3-0.4
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Spikes colour</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Green with red</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Red to pink</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Green</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Spikes number</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">5-7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">3-5</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Flowers number per spike</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">2-5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">2-3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Spike size (cm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
1.5-3.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.7-1.3
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
2-3
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.8-1
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
1.3-1.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.4-0.5
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Floral bracts size (cm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
1.2-1.7
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.5-0.8
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
1.5-2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.5-1
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
1-1.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.5-0.6
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Floral bracts shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Elliptic</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Ovate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Ovate</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Floral bracts keel</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Present</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Absent or visible only in the apex</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Absent or visible only in the apex</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Sepals size (cm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
1-1.3
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.3-0.35
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
1.3-1.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.3-0.5
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
1-1.3
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.3-0.4
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Sepals shape</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Narrowly elliptic</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Ovate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Lanceolate</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="106" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Additional specimens examined (paratypes).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
MEXICO, Oaxaca: Distrito Santiago Juxtlahuaca, municipio de Santos Reyes Tepejillo. 3 km al N de Santos Reyes Tepejillo rumbo a Corral de Piedra (
<geoCoordinate degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="27" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="17.45">17°27'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="97" direction="west" minutes="57" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-97.95">97°57'W</geoCoordinate>
), 1770 m a.s.l., 20 July 1995,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">J. I. Calzada 20057</emphasis>
(MEXU); en los alrededores del
<normalizedToken originalValue="boquerón">boqueron</normalizedToken>
de Santos Reyes Tepejillo (
<geoCoordinate degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="26" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="58" value="17.449444">17°26'58&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="97" direction="west" minutes="56" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="29" value="-97.94139">97°56'29&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
), 1960 m a.s.l., 18 March 2017,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
R.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hernández-Cárdenas">Hernandez-Cardenas</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
F.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Gómez">Gomez</normalizedToken>
y A.
<normalizedToken originalValue="González">Gonzalez</normalizedToken>
2120
</emphasis>
(UAMIZ).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
To facilitate the identification of the species of
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">Viridantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, we include an artificial key for all representatives of the genus.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="107" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" type="key to the species of viridantha">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
Key to the species of
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Viridantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Viridantha" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Viridantha</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="107" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<table lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="107" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Rosettes irregular or falcate in outline</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">2</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Rosettes spherical in outline</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">8</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Inflorescence branched</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">3</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Inflorescence simple</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">5</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Flower one per spike, spikes 1.3-1.5 cm long</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. uniflora" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="uniflora">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. uniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Flowers two or more per spike, spikes longer than 1.6 cm</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">4</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Leaf blades 3-4 mm wide; floral bract elliptic</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. boqueronensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="boqueronensis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. boqueronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="7" pageNumber="106">
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">Leaf blades 5-8 mm wide; floral bract ovate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. secundifolia" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" rank="species" species="secundifolia">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">V. secundifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<pageBreakToken pageId="8" pageNumber="107" start="start">5</pageBreakToken>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Rosettes falcate, blades falcate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">6</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Rosettes irregular, blades squarrose</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">7</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Plants longer than 5.1 cm; spikes terete</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. curvifolia" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="curvifolia">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. curvifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Plants shorter than 5 cm; spikes elliptic, flattened</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. penascoensis" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="penascoensis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. penascoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Leaf sheaths broadly ovate to oblong; peduncle (in anthesis) longer than 4.1 cm and lesser than 2 mm diameter</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. tortilis" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="tortilis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. tortilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Leaf sheaths broadly oblong to square; peduncle (in anthesis) shorter than 4 cm and larger than 4 mm diameter</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. lepidosepala" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="lepidosepala">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. lepidosepala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Inflorescence conspicuously pedunculate, peduncle longer than 4.1 cm</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">9</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Inflorescence sessile or peduncle shorter than 3.5 cm</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">11</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Inflorescence simple, longer than 3.1 cm, flattened to terete, rarely with two small lateral spikes</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. ignesiae" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="ignesiae">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. ignesiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Inflorescence branched, shorter than 3 cm long, flattened</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">10</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Leaf blades wider than 2.1 mm; floral bracts triangular to ovate, carinate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. plumosa" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="plumosa">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. plumosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Leaf blades narrower than 2 mm; floral bracts elliptic to oblong, ecarinate to carinate only at the apex</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. caballosensis" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="caballosensis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. caballosensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Leaf blades wider than 7.1 mm; anthers black</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. mauryana" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="mauryana">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. mauryana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Leaf blades narrower than 7 mm; anthers green</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">12</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Plants short caulescent; floral bracts elliptic</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. yagulensis" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="yagulensis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. yagulensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Plants acaulescent; floral bracts variable in shape but never elliptic</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">13</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">13</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Spikes longer than 3.1 cm and wider than 1.1 cm</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">14</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Spikes shorter than 3 cm and narrower than 1 cm</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">15</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">14</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Leaf sheaths broadly ovate to square, blades wider than 4.1 mm; sepals shorter than 1.5 cm</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. rzedowskiana" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="rzedowskiana">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. rzedowskiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Leaf sheaths narrowly oblong, blades narrower than 4 mm; sepals longer than 1.6 cm</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. grandispica" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="grandispica">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. grandispica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Spikes 3 or less; floral bracts shorter than 1.5 cm; sepals lanceolate</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="V. teloloapanensis" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="teloloapanensis">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. teloloapanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="8" pageNumber="107">
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="107" rowspan="1">Spikes 4 or more; floral bracts longer than 1.6 cm; sepals narrowly elliptic</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="107">V. atroviridipetala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</tr>
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