Vriesea malzinei E. Morren

Espejo-Serna, Adolfo, López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa, Martínez-Correa, Nancy & Pulido-Esparza, Valeria Angélica, 2017, Bromeliad Flora of Chiapas State, Mexico: Richness and Distribution, Phytotaxa 310 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

125. Vriesea malzinei E. Morren , Belgique Hort. 24: 313. 1874. MAP 19

MEXICAN DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, and Veracruz) .

ELEVATION: 300–950 m

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Berriozábal, E. Martínez S. & M. A. Soto A. M-24223 (MEXU). Ocosingo, E. Martínez S. 17696 (MEXU), 17982 (MEXU). Ocozocuautla de Espinosa, J. I. Calzada 13698 (XAL), F. Hernández Najarro 3108 (CHIP). Tecpatán, F. Vázquez B. 1047 (XAL), 1095 (XAL).

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3. Inflorescence simple, flowers with only one bract ................................................................................................................. 2 Inflorescence compound or seemingly simple, but then the flowers with two bracts ........................................................... 3 Flowers secund on the branches ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Flowers not secund on the branches ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Flowering plants 40–50 cm high; leaf blades 25–46 cm long, 3.5–6 cm wide; inflorescence seemingly simple because the reduced branches, with 2–3 flowers per branch; floral bracts 0.8–1.5 cm long ................................................ W. nephrolepis Flowering plants 150–200 cm high; leaf blades 45–85 cm long, 6–9 cm wide; inflorescence conspicuously branched, branches conspicuously elongated, 15–36 cm long, with 10–28 flowers per branch; floral bracts 2.4–3 cm long .................

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7. ............................................................................................................................... ............................................ W. werckleana Peduncle recurved, inflorescence nutant, with up to 12 flowers; floral bracts densely verrucose ........................... W. nutans Peduncle erect, inflorescence not nutant, with 15–50 flowers; floral bracts roughened but never verrucose ....................... 6 Inflorescence 30–60 cm long, with 22–42 flowers; leaf sheaths ca. 8 cm wide, clearly marked with purple ...... W. pectinata Inflorescence 5.5–24 cm long, with 4–12 flowers; leaf sheaths 3.5–6 cm wide, green ......................................................... 7 Inflorescence 25–65 cm long; floral bracts coriaceous, 4.5–6.5 long, erect or slightly divergent at anthesis W. gladioliflora Inflorescence 10–25 cm long; floral bracts membranaceous or chartaceous, 2.5–3.5 long, patent to reflexed at anthesis..... ............................................................................................................................... .............................................. W. pycnantha Inflorescence 13.5–24 cm long; floral bracts acute, lustrous; sepals 3–3.8 cm long; capsules 4–5 cm long ... W. noctiflorens Inflorescence 5.5–10 cm long; floral bracts rounded, verrucose distally; sepals 1.3–1.8 cm long; capsules 2.5–4 cm long .. ............................................................................................................................... .............................................. W. viridiflora