TL;DR: A new species of Hechtia pueblensis, from the Mexican State of Puebla, is described and illustrated and well documented with illustrations and photographs of staminate and pistillate flowers, as well as fruits.
Abstract: A new species of Hechtia, H. pueblensis, from the Mexican State of Puebla, is described and illustrated . The new taxon is well documented with illustrations and photographs of staminate and pistillate flowers, as well as fruits. It shares its small-sized rosette and usually simple panicles with H. lyman-smithii (from a nearby geographical region in Oaxaca) and with H. fragilis (from Puebla and Oaxaca).
TL;DR: Hechtia nuusaviorum and H. perotensis is a species endemic to Oaxaca and the second is known from Veracruz and Pue...
Abstract: Hechtia nuusaviorum and H. perotensis are described and illustrated. the former is a species endemic to Oaxaca and the second is known from Veracruz and Pue...
Abstract: Hechtia lyman-smithii andH. fragilis from Mexico are described as new, illustrated, and discussed, and the taxonomic status ofH. texensis (syn.H. scariosa) is evaluated.
TL;DR: A new species of Bromeliaceae known from the states of Morelos, Puebla, and Oaxaca in Mexico is described and compared with H. stenopetala Klotzsch, from which it differs by its larger flowers and floral bracts, and by its twice-branched inflorescences.
Abstract: Hechtia caulescens Lopez-Ferrari, Espejo & Martinez-Correa (Bromeliaceae), known from the states of Morelos, Puebla, and Oaxaca in Mexico, is described and illustrated. The new species is compared with H. stenopetala Klotzsch, from which it differs by its larger flowers and floral bracts, and by its twice-branched inflorescences.
Abstract: Hechtia hintoniana Burt-Utley, Utley, & García-Mendoza, Hechtia michoacana Burt-Utley, Utley, & García-Mendoza, Hechtia oaxacana Burt-Utley, Utley, & García-Mendoza, and Hechtia pueblensis Burt-Utley, Utley, & García-Mendoza are described as new, illustrated, and discussed, while H. sphaeroblasta B.L. Robinson is reinterpreted. The taxonomic status o f three species, H. bracteata Mez (syn. H. confusa L.B. Smith), H. texensis L.B. Smith (syns. H. elliptica L.B. Smith and H. zacatacae L.B. Smith), and H. glomerata (syn. H. mexicana L.B. Smith), are evaluated. Hechtia tehuacana B.L. Robinson is lectotypified and its continued stat us as a heterotypic synonym of H. podantha Mez is discussed.