Diversity and levels of endemism of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica – an updated checklist

  • An updated inventory of the Bromeliaceae for Costa Rica is presented including citations of representative specimens for each species. The family comprises 18 genera and 198 species in Costa Rica, 32 species being endemic to the country. Additional 36 species are endemic to Costa Rica and Panama. Only 4 of the 8 bromeliad subfamilies occur in Costa Rica, with a strong predominance of Tillandsioideae (7 genera/150 spp.; 75.7% of all bromeliad species in Costa Rica). 124 species (62.6%) grow exclusively epiphytic, additional 59 spp. (29.8%) are facultative epiphytes. The most diverse genus is Werauhia, with 59 species (29.8% of the Costa Rican bromeliad flora), followed by Tillandsia with 40 species (20.2%) and Guzmania with 28 spp. (8.6%).
  • Es presentada una lista de chequeo actualizada de 18 géneros y 198 especies de Bromeliaceae conocidas de Costa Rica. Por consiguiente, las bromelias endémicas de Costa Rica, ahora comprenden 32 especies. Adicionalmente, 36 especies tienen un endemismo compartido con Panamá. Sólo 4 de las 8 subfamilias actualmente reconocidas ocurren en Costa Rica con fuerte predominio de Tillandsioideae (7 géneros/150 spp.; 75.7% del total de especies de bromelias de Costa Rica). 124 especies (62.6%) crecen como epífita, 59 especies adicionales (29.8%) son epifitas facultativas. El género mejor representado es Werauhia, con 59 especies (29.8% de la flora de bromelias de Costa Rica), seguido por Tillandsia con 40 spp. (20.2%) y Guzmania con 28 especies (8.6%).

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Author:Daniel Cáceres GonzálezGND, Katharina SchulteGND, Marco SchmidtORCiDGND, Georg ZizkaORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-438930
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.29.4937
ISSN:1314-2003
ISSN:1314-2011
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24399894
Parent Title (English):PhytoKeys
Publisher:[Pensoft Publishers]
Place of publication:Washington, DC
Contributor(s):Leonardo de Melo Versieux
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2017/11/14
Year of first Publication:2013
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2017/11/14
Tag:Central America; epiphytism; life-form; systematic diversity
Volume:29
Page Number:45
First Page:17
Last Page:62
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Copyright Daniel A. Cáceres González et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
HeBIS-PPN:425329402
Institutes:Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft
Biowissenschaften / Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität
Fachübergreifende Einrichtungen / Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum (BiK-F)
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Afrikaforschung (ZIAF)
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0