Vellozia andina

Vellozia andina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Velloziaceae
Genus: Vellozia
Species: V. andina
Ibisch, Vásquez & Nowicki, 2001
Binomial name
Vellozia andina

Vellozia andina is a species of plant in the order Pandanales.[1]

Distribution

The plant is native to the Central Andes mountains, within the Department of Santa Cruz, in Bolivia, South America.

Description

It is distinguished by its short, stout and trigonous stems and by the irregular pollen aggregates of more than eight grains.

It is a poikilohydrous and poikilochlorophyllous type of resurrection plant.

References

  1. Ibisch, Pierre L., et al. "Taxonomy and biology of Andean Velloziaceae: Vellozia andina sp. nov. and notes on Barbaceniopsis (including Barbaceniopsis castillonii comb. nov.)." Systematic Botany 26.1 (2001): 5-16.


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