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15. Fernseea Baker 



Fernseea Baker, Handb. Bromel. 19. 1889. 

 A monotypic Brazilian endemic. 



I. Fernseea itatiaiae (Wawra) Baker, Handb. Bromel. 20. 1889. Figure Si. 

 Bromelia itatiaiae Wawra, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 30: 114. 1880. 

 Aechmea stenophylla Baker, Handb. Bromel. 64. 1889. 



MiNAS Gerais : Mun. Passa Quatro : Pico Itaguare, Brade ( ! A. C. Brade, 

 Rodriguesia 11 & 12:140. 1949). 



Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Brade (RB) ; 12725 (GH) ; 20216 (RB) ; Dusen 

 537 (R) ; Foster 116 (GH, R) ; Gaunelle (G) ; Ginsberg er & Zerny 57 

 (F, WU) ; Glasiou 5464 (P) ; Hemmendorff (LIL) ; 558 (R) ; Lueder- 

 waldt (SP); L. B. Smith 1480 (B, BA, BM, F, GH, K, P, S, US); 

 Tamandare & Brade 6379 (S) ; Toledo & Brade 730 (RB) ; Ule 291 (R) ; 

 291-A (R) ; Wawra H-442 (W, type). 



16. Araeococcus Brongn. 



Araeococcus Brongn. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 15 : 370. 1841. 



Costa Rica, Tobago, Trinidad, Guiana, Venezuela, 



I. Flowers sessile. 

 2. Branches of the inflorescence spreading, much divided, geniculate. 



I. A. micranthus 



2. Branches of the inflorescence ascending, simple or slightly divided, slightly 



flexuous 2. A. goeldianus 



I. Flowers slenderly pedicellate. 



3. Blades of the inner leaves linear-triangular, caudate-acuminate, serrulate. 



3. A. flagellifolius 

 3. Blades of all the leaves ligulate, acute, entire 4. A. parvifiorus 



1. Araeococcus micranthus Brongn. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 15:370. 1841. 

 Amazonas: Manaus, Ule 5423 (MG) ; 8824 (MG). Sao Raimundo, Manaus, 



Luetselburg 22ogS (M). Maues, Pires 121 (IAN). Mun. Humaita: Livra- 

 mento, Krukoff 6952 (GH). Rio Livramento to Rio Ipixuna, Krukoff 

 7156 (GH, NY). 



Acre: Rio Macaua on the Rio laco, Krukoff 5810 (NY). 



Amapa: Oiapoque, Black 49-8386 (IAN). Igarape Pontamarri, Oiapoque, 

 Froes 26003 (IAN). 



Para: Belem, Museii Goeldi staff (MG). Taperinha, near Santarem, Gins- 

 berg er & Zerny 391 (F). 



Mato Grosso: Utiariti, Rio Papagaio, Hoehne in Rondon 2026 (R). 



Also: Tobago, Trinidad, Guiana. 



2. Araeococcus goeldianus L. B. Smith, p. 20, fig. 52. 

 Amapa: Cunani, Huber 983 (MG, type). 



3. Araeococcus flagellifolius Harms, Notizblatt 10:784. 1929. 

 Amazonas: (Rio Apauu), region of Rio Negro, Huebner 58? (B, type, F neg. 



11300). 

 Also: Venezuela, Colombia. 



