taxonID	type	description	language	source
0389F944FFC1FF8CFF4CFAAC3B6CFBCF.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: near Cumbuca, about 3 km N of Mucugê on road N to Andaraí, Storr 122 (holotype CEPEC!, isotype K!). Plants rupicolous or terrestrial, stoloniferous, stems short, 1.1 – 3 × 2.5 – 3.5 cm. Leaves patent or slightly arching. Leaf sheaths greenish yellow, broadly triangular, 0.6 – 3 × 1.1 – 3.2 cm, glabrous on both surfaces or lepidote at the abaxial apices, margins serrate, prickles 0.2 – 1 mm long. Leaf blades strongly coriaceous, plane, red, purple at, linear-triangular, 8 – 24 × 0.8 – 2 cm, attenuate, abaxial surfaces densely lepidote, adaxial surfaces glabrous and lanate at the base, margins serrate, prickles antrorse, 0.4 – 1.2 (– 2) mm long, apices mucronulate. Inflorescences compound, many-flowered. Primary bracts coriaceous, red, deltoid or lanceolate, 1.7 – 3.8 × 1.6 – 1.7 cm, lepidote at the apices or similar to leaf blades, margins serrate, mucronulate. Sterile bract present. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, green, asymmetrical, ecarinate, triangular, c. 1.5 × 1 cm, lepidote, margins serrate, apices mucronulate. Sepals green, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly triangular, 1.2 – 1.4 × 0.4 – 0.5 cm, lepidote, margins entire, apices mucronulate. Petals white, linear-spatulate, c. 1.8 × 0.4 cm, with simple trichomes at base, apices obtuse. Petal appendages sacciform, lacerate c. 6 mm from the base. Callosities conspicous. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca. 3 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free, ca 9 mm long. Anthers yellow, ca 4 mm long, apices not apiculate. Ovaries trigonous, styles ca 1.3 mm long. Epigenous tube present, ca 2 mm long. Ovules numerous. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC1FF8CFF4CFAAC3B6CFBCF.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum albopictum is known from Andaraí and Mucugê counties in Bahia. It grows rupicolous or terrestrial, frequently exposed to the sun on rocky outcrops in grassland in campos rupestres between 700 – 1500 m. It was collected in the Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina and Parque Municipal de Mucugê. IUCN conservation status: — EN B 1 a. Based on collections and field observations throughout the range of this species, we noticed that it is restricted to an estimated area of less than 5000 km 2. It is only known from two counties in Bahia, occurring within and outside of protected areas.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC1FF8CFF4CFAAC3B6CFBCF.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum albopictum is similar to O. ulei, the newly described species in this paper (see below), but the floral bracts and sepals of O. albopictum are green (vs. red or pink), the leaf blades are lepidote only at the base (vs. completely lepidote) and with short prickles (0.4 – 1.2 (– 2) vs. 2 – 3.5 mm). This species is easily recognized by a lanate band in the centre of the rosette at anthesis, a result of a high density of leaf scales. While this band around the inflorescences is a good character to distinguish it from other species in the field, in dried material this character is sometimes obscure. Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Andaraí, 4 May 2002 (fl), Loureiro 625 (ALCB). Mucugê, 21 October 1988 (fl), Eggli 1249 (CEPEC); Estrada para Cascavel, 27 March 1980 (fl), Martinelli et al. 6689 (RB); Estrada Mucugê-Andaraí, 28 April 2001 (fl), Assis et al. s. n. (ALCB); Guiné, 29 June 2002 (fl), Conceição 1094 (SP); 29 June 2002 (fl), Conceição 1097 (SP); Parque Municipal de Mucugê, 7 January 2003 (fl), Wanderley & Conceição 2363 (SP); 7 January 2003 (fl), Wanderley & Conceição 2364 (SP); 17 January 2006 (fl), Wanderley & Conceição 2366 (SP); 17 January 2006 (fl), Wanderley et al. 2538 (SP); Rio Cumbuca, 4 February 1974 (fl), Harley 15982 (CEPEC, RB); Rio Piaba, 9 November 1988 (fl), Kral & Wanderley 75623 (SP); 7 January 2003 (fl), Wanderley & Conceição 2362 (SP); Serra do Capa Bode, 28 October 1978 (fl), Martinelli 5525 (RB); 30 October 1978 (fl), Martinelli 5519 (RB); 6 October 1980 (fl), Furlan et al. CFCR 433 (SPF).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC7FF8EFF4CFBBF3860FD07.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Serra do Sincorá, 1400 m, E. Ule 7106, (lectotype B!). Plants rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short, 2 – 3.7 × 2 – 2.5 cm. Leaves arching. Leaf sheaths greenish-white, broadly ovate, 0.6 – 1.5 × 0.7 – 2.5 cm, lepidote on abaxial surfaces and sparsely lepidote on adaxial surfaces, margins serrate, prickles 0.5 – 1 mm long. Leaf blades coriaceous, concave, wine red or pink to red at base, linear-triangular or narrowly triangular, 4.7 – 17.3 × 0.5 – 1 cm, attenuate, densely lepidote abaxially, sparsely lepidote adaxially, margins serrate, prickles straight or antrorse, ca 1.5 – 3 mm long, apices mucronate. Inflorescences sessile, compound, many-flowered. Primary bracts coriaceous, red or pink, triangular to narrowly triangular, 3.3 – 6.5 × 1.4 – 1.5 cm, sparsely lepidote, margins serrate, apices mucronulate. Vestigial floral bract present. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, red or pink, asymmetrical, carinate, triangular, ca 1.8 × 1 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, apices mucronate. Sepals red or pink, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, 1.1 – 1.2 × 0.3 cm, glabrous, margins entire, apices acuminate. Petals white, linear-spatulate, 1.5 – 1.6 × 0.4 – 0.5 cm, glabrous, apices obtuse. Petal appendages sacciform, lacerate, 3 – 4 mm from the base. Callosities inconspicous. Stamens with antepetalous filaments 2.5 – 3 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free, ca 8 mm long. Anthers yellow, 3.2 – 3.5 mm long, apices apiculate. Ovaries trigonous, styles 12 mm long. Epigenous tubes present, 2 mm long. Ovules ca 20 per placenta. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC7FF8EFF4CFBBF3860FD07.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum amoenum (Ule) L. B. Sm. is known from Lençóis and Palmeiras counties in Bahia. It grows rupicolous, frequently exposed to the sun in rocky outcrops in campos rupestres. IUCN conservation status: — CR B 1 ab (ii, iii). Orthophytum amoenum is well represented in herbaria, but all specimens refer only to a single locality, where it occurs on two adjacent hills: Morro do Pai Inácio and Morro da Mãe Inácia. In recent field trips to these areas, a decline in the quality of the habitat was noted. The area is frequently visited by tourists, causing disturbance to the population of this species.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC7FF8EFF4CFBBF3860FD07.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum amoenum is morphologically similar to O. navioides (L. B. Sm.) Smith (1955: 34), however the leaf blades of O. amoenum are wider and shorter (4.7 – 17.3 × 0.5 – 1 cm vs. 8 – 23 × 0.4 – 0.7 cm) and strongly coriaceous, presenting long and sparse prickles (1.5 – 3 vs. 1 – 1.5 mm long). Floral features of these species are easily distinguished, with obtuse petals apices in O. amoenum and subacute in O. navioides, and larger flowers in O. navioides. Orthophytum navioides occurs in shady places on rocks near streams and waterfalls forming dense mats, while O. amoenum grows in sunny habitats, in grassland on rocky fields, with fewer and more widely spaced individuals. Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Lençóis, BR 242, 9 November 1988 (fl), Wanderley et al. 1598 (SP); Chapadinha, 23 February 2003 (fl), Rapini & Fiaschi s. n. (SP 364464, HUEFS 70197); Palmeiras, Morro da Mãe Inácia, 14 January 2006 (fl), Wanderley et al. 2521, 2522, 2528 (SP); Morro do Pai Inácio, 29 February 1980 (fl), Mori 13293 (CEPEC); 16 November 1983 (fl), Martinelli et al. 9793 (RB); 19 February 1983 (fl), Noblick & Pinto 2822 (CEPEC, RB, SP); 21 July 1981 (fl), Pirani et al. CFCR 1620 (RB); June 1986 (fl), Santos s. n. (HUEFS 10067); 8 November 1997 (fl), Guedes et al. 5514 (ALCB); 26 October 2004 (fl), Carvalho et al. PCD 1023 (ALCB, SP); 15 April 2005 (fl), Cardoso et al. 428 (HUEFS).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC5FF80FF4CFCF73A33FEBB.taxon	description	figs. 3 A – G, 7 C.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC5FF80FF4CFCF73A33FEBB.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — Brazil. Bahia: J. Bogner 1311 (holotype US!).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC5FF80FF4CFCF73A33FEBB.taxon	materials_examined	Type: Brazil. Bahia: Seabra, 6 Oct 1981, Rauh 56 497 a (holotype HEID!) syn. nov.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC5FF80FF4CFCF73A33FEBB.taxon	description	Plants rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short, ca 2.5 × 4 cm. Leaves patent or slightly arching. Leaf sheaths white-greenish, broadly triangular or ovate-triangular, 1 – 3 × 1 – 4 cm, glabrous, rarely sparsely lepidote, margins serrate, prickles 0.5 – 1 mm long. Leaf blades strongly coriaceous, concave, red or green, cinereous, linear-triangular, 12.8 – 53 × 1.5 – 2.5 cm, attenuate, abaxial surfaces densely lepidote, adaxial surfaces lepidote with the base glabrous, margins serrate, prickles antrorse 1 – 2 mm long, apices mucronate. Inflorescences sessile, compound, many – flowered. Primary bracts coriaceous, red, triangular, or triangular-lanceolate, 2.2 – 5.5 × 1 – 6 cm, sparsely lepidote, margins serrate, apices mucronulate. Vestigial floral bract present. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, red, symmetrical, ecarinate, triangular, 1.5 – 4.8 × 0.8 – 3.7 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, mucronulate. Sepals red, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly triangular, 2 × 0.4 – 0.6 cm, sparsely lepidote, margins entire, acuminate, or mucronulate. Petals white, linear-spatulate, 1.8 – 2.5 × 0.6 cm, glabrous, subacute. Petal appendages sacciform, lacerate, ca 7 mm from base. Callosities conspicous. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 0.5 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free, ca 14 mm long. Anthers yellow, ca 4.5 mm long, not apiculate. Ovaries trigonous. Epigenous tubes present, ca 2 mm long. Ovules numerous. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC5FF80FF4CFCF73A33FEBB.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum burle-marxii is known from Lençóis and Morro do Chapéu counties in Bahia. It grows on rocky outcrops in grassland on rocky fields frequently exposed to the sun, from 900 – 1.400 m elevation.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC5FF80FF4CFCF73A33FEBB.taxon	conservation	IUCN conservation status: — VU B 1 ab (iii). The estimated area for Orthophytum burle – marxii is less than 20,000 km 2. Recently, a degradation of the habitat of this species was observed, mainly due to tourism in the region.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC5FF80FF4CFCF73A33FEBB.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum burle – marxii and O. heleniceae Leme (2004 b: 67) are morphologically similar, but in O. burle – marxii the leaf blade is stiff coriaceous, with sepals, and floral bracts red, forming a red and glabrous band around of inflorescence, while in O. heleniceae the band is green. Living plants of the species can be easily distinguished by these characteristics, but in herbarium material these differences are more difficult to recognize.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC5FF80FF4CFCF73A33FEBB.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Lençóis, Morro da Chapadinha, Chapadinha, 22 November 1994 (fl), França et al. 1257 (SP); Serra Larga, 19 December 1984 (fl), Lewis et al. CFCR 7268 (RB); Rio Mucugesinho, 21 December 1981 (fl), Carvalho et al. 1065 (RB); 10 December 2003 (fl), Wanderley & Conceição 2371 (SP); 8 January 2003 (fl), Wanderley & Conceição 2379 (SP); 14 January 2006 (fl), Wanderley et al. 2530 (SP); Morro da Chapadinha, 22 November 1994 (fl), Melo et al. 1257 (CEPEC); Ribeirão do Meio, 08 January 2003 (fl), Wanderley & Conceição 2368 (SP); 17 December 2006 (fl), Louzada & Moreira 45 (SP); Mirante, 13 January 2006 (fl), Louzada & Moreira 11 (SP); Morro do Chapéu, Cachoeira do Ferro Doido, 27 October 1978 (fl), Martinelli 5335 (RB).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFCBFF80FF4CFE133D12F851.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Rio de Contas, Mato Grosso 1300 m, 7 April 1992, G. Hatschbach & Barbosa 56827 (holotype MBM!). Plants rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short, 3 – 4.2 × 3 cm. Leaves patent. Leaf sheaths greenish – white, broadly triangular or broadly ovate, 0.5 – 3 × 0.8 – 4 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, prickles 0.1 – 0.8 mm long. Leaf blades stiff coriaceous, slightly concave, red, base greenish white, linear-triangular, 6.5 – 33 × 0.7 – 1.8 cm, attenuate, abaxial surfaces sparsely lepidote, adaxial ones glabrous or lepidote, margins strongly serrate, prickles straight or antrorse, (1.7 –) 2 – 3.5 mm long, apices mucronate. Inflorescences sessile, simple, manyflowered. Vestigial floral bract absent. Floral bracts coriaceous, green, symmetrical or asymmetrical, carinate, triangular, 2 – 2.5 × 0.9 – 2.3 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, apices acuminate. Sepals green, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly ovate, 1.2 × 0.3 cm, glabrous, margins entire, apices mucronulate. Petals white, linearspatulate, 1.7 × 0.4 cm, glabrous, obtuse. Petal appendages sacciform, lacerate, 4 mm from base. Callosities conspicous. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 2.5 mm long and adnate to the petals ,, the antesepalous ones free 10 mm long. Anthers yellow, 3 mm long, apices apiculate. Ovaries trigonous, styles 10 mm long. Epigenous tubes present, 2.5 mm long. Ovules numerous. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFCBFF80FF4CFE133D12F851.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum hatschbachii is known from Abaíra and Rio de Contas counties in the state of Bahia. It grows on rocky outcrops either exposed to the sun or in the shade near streams. IUCN conservation status: — EN B 1 ab (iii). The expansion of agricultural areas substantially reduced the available habitat of Orthophytum hatschbachii, and it is currently known from an estimated area of less than 5000 km 2.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFCBFF80FF4CFE133D12F851.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum hatschbachii is similar to O. burle-marxii and O. heleniceae, differing from O. burle-marxii by simple inflorescences (vs. compound), petal appendages to 4 mm from the petals base (vs. 7 mm), leaf blades green at base (vs. red) and bracts and sepals green (vs. red). Orthophytum heleniceae may be confused with O. hatschbachii because of the colour of the leaves and bracts, but they differ in the margins of leaf blades, which are serrate in O. hatschbachii and serrulate on O. heleniceae. In addition, the length of prickles, the branching of inflorescences and the presence or absence of glandular trichomes are additional characteristics that separate these species. In O. hatschbachii the prickles are larger (2 – 3.5 vs. 0.5 mm long), the inflorescences are simple (vs. compound) and floral bracts, petals and sepals do not bear glandular trichomes. Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Abaíra, Catolés de Cima, 25 December 1992 (fl), Harley et al. 50366 (SP); Cabaceira, Riacho Fundo, 25 October 1993 (fl), Ganev 2314 (HUEFS); Rio de Contas, Estrada Real, 3 March 2002 (fl), Souza & Konno 503 (SP); Brumadinho, 21 December 2006, (fl), Louzada & Moreira 59 (SP); Fazenda Brumadinho, 5 November 1988 (fl), Wanderley & Kral 1532 (SP); Mato Grosso, 25 December 2004 (fl), Forzza & Silva 3825 (RB); Pico das Almas, 14 December 1984 (fl), Arraes et al. CFCR 6917 (RB); 30 October 1988 (fl), Harley et al. 25779 (SP, CEPEC); 20 November 1988 (fl), Harley et al. 26225 (SP, CEPEC); 22 January 1974 (fl), Harley 15413 (CEPEC).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC9FF82FF4CFF493B61FA9C.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: field collection in Andaraí, Cachoeira da Garapa, 1300 m, O. Ribeiro & H. Ribeiro s. n. (holotype HB!). Plants rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short, ca 3 × 2 cm. Leaves patent or arching, sometimes falcate. Leaf sheaths greenish – white, broadly ovate, 1.5 – 1.7 × 2 – 3.4 cm, glabrous, margins serrulate, prickles 0.3 – 0.5 mm long. Leaf blades subcoriaceous, concave, red at anthesis, greenish – yellow at base, linear – triangular, 43.5 – 69 × 1.5 cm, attenuate, glabrous, sparsely lepidote, margins serrulate, prickles antrorse, ca 0.5 mm long, apices mucronate. Inflorescences sessile, compound, many – flowered. Primary bracts subcoriaceous, green, triangular to linear – triangular, 3.3 – 29 × 2 – 4.6 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, apices mucronate. Vestigial floral bract present. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, green, symmetrical, ecarinate, triangular, 1.6 – 2.8 × 1 – 2 cm, with glandular trichomes, margins serrate, apices mucronate. Sepals green, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly triangular, ca 1.5 × 0.3 cm, with glandular trichomes, margins entire, acuminate. Petals white, linear-spatulate, ca 2 × 0.4 cm, with simple trichomes, obtuse. Petal appendages sacciform, lacerate, ca 6.5 mm from base. Callosities conspicous. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 2 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free, ca 11 mm long. Anthers yellow, ca 3.5 mm long, apices not apiculate. Ovaries trigonous, styles 1.3 mm long. Epigenous tubes present, ca 2 mm long. Ovules ca 20 per placenta. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC9FF82FF4CFF493B61FA9C.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum heleniceae is only known from Andaraí county, where it grows on humid rocks near streams and waterfalls. IUCN conservation status: — CR B 2 ab (iii). Orthophytum heleniceae is only known from two collections. Based on these collections, it is estimated that the species occurs in an area of ca 10 km 2, where the habitat quality is declining.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC9FF82FF4CFF493B61FA9C.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum heleniceae is characterized by rosettes of leaves that are red at anthesis, with primary bracts and the bases of the leaves green, forming a coloured band around the inflorescence. The floral bracts and sepals are green and the leaf margins are serrated with short prickles. Our study at the type locality enabled us to substantially extend our understanding of this taxon, previously know only from one collection. Additionally, we observed that the flowers are visited by hummingbirds. Additional specimens examined: — BRASIL. Bahia: Andaraí, Cachoeira da Garapa, 18 January 2006 (fl), Wanderley et al. 2544 (SP).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC9FF86FF4CFA703BAAFE14.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Grão Mogol, 18 August 1960, B. Maguire, G. M. Magalhães & C. K. Maguire 49288 (holotype US!, isotype NY!). Plants rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short, 0.8 – 2 × 1 – 2 cm. Leaves slightly arching. Leaf sheaths green, deltoid, 0.4 – 1.2 × 0.4 – 1 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, prickles 0.1 – 0.3 mm long. Leaf blades subcoriaceous, plane, red, wine red to pink, and white and green toward the base, wine red, middle pink and green at the base, linear – triangular, 2.5 – 21.5 × 0.2 – 0.5 cm, attenuate, abaxial surface densely lepidote, adaxial surface lepidote, margins serrate, prickles antrorse 0.7 – 1.4 mm long, apices mucronate. Inflorescences sessile, simple, manyflowered. Vestigial floral bract absent. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, green, asymmetrical, ecarinate, triangular, 1.3 – 2.1 × 0.4 – 1 cm, lepidote, sometimes with glandular trichomes too, margins serrate, mucronulate. Sepals green, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly triangular, ca 1.5 × 0.3 cm, with glandular trichomes, margins entire, mucronulate. Petals white, linear-spatulate, ca 1.8 × 0.6 cm, with simple trichomes, obtuse. Petal appendages sacciform, deeply fimbriate, ca 4 mm from base. Callosities conspicuous. Stamens with the antepetalous filaments ca 0.4 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free, ca 11 mm long. Anthers yellow, ca 3.5 mm long, apices not apiculate. Ovaries trigonous, styles ca 11 mm long. Epigenous tubes present, ca 1 mm long. Ovules numerous. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC9FF86FF4CFA703BAAFE14.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum humile is known from Cristália and Grão Mogol counties in the state of Minas Gerais. It grows on humid or dry rocks near streams at 850 – 1000 m elevation, often associated with termite mounts. IUCN conservation status: — EN B 1 ab (iii, iv). Orthophytum humile occurs in an estimated area less than 5000 km 2. A decline in the number of populations was observed, as well as a decrease in the quality of the habitat.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFC9FF86FF4CFA703BAAFE14.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum humile is similar to Orthophytum mucugense Wanderley & Conceição (2006: 4), differing mainly by the leaf blades that are densely lepidote (vs. sparsely lepidote), and prickles that are 0.7 – 1.4 cm long (vs. 0.3 – 0.4 mm long). Orthophytum humile is also similar to O. ophiuroides Louzada & Wanderley (2008: 406), but can be separated mainly by its simple inflorescence (vs. branched inflorescence) and green coloured sepals and bracts (vs. red). Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Cristália, Serra do Batieiro, 14 September 1991 (fl), Carvalho 575 (SP); Grão Mogol, 25 February 1986 (fl), Semir et al. CFCR 9659 (RB, SPF); Bacia do Ribeirão da Morte, 4 November 1987 (fl), Cordeiro et al. CFCR 11484 (SPF); Córrego das Mortes, 13 October 2006 (fl), Louzada & Moreira 41 (SP).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFCDFF86FF4CFDEB3D38F90A.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Mucugê, Parque Municipal Sempre-viva, cachoeira do Rio Tiburtino, 12 ° 59 ’ 83 ” S, 42 ° 20 ’ 91 ” W, 17 January 2006, M. G. L. Wanderley, A. Conceição, R. Louzada, S. Martins 2540 (holotype SP!, isotype HUEFS!). Plants rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short, ca 1 × 1.3 cm. Leaves patent or arching. Leaf sheaths reddishwhite, ovate, 0.5 – 1 × 0.4 – 1 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, prickles ca 0.4 mm long. Leaf blades subcoriaceous, plane or slightly concave, green, partially to completely red at anthesis, linear-triangular, 2.5 – 6.7 × 0.3 – 0.4 cm, attenuate, sparsely lepidote on both surfaces and with glandular trichomes on the base of the abaxial surfaces, margins serrate, prickles antrorse, ca 0.3 – 0.4 mm long, apices mucronulate. Inflorescences sessile, simple, many-flowered. Vestigial floral bract absent. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, green, symmetrical, carinate, ovate-lanceolate, 1 – 1.2 × 0.4 – 0.7 cm, with glandular trichomes, margins serrate, apices mucronulate. Sepals green, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly triangular, ca 0.8 × 0.3 cm, with glandular trichomes, margins entire, apices acuminate. Petals white, linear – spatulate, ca 1.9 × 0.4 cm, glabrous, obtuse. Petal appendages sacciform, lacerate, ca 5 mm from base. Callosities inconspicuous. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 3 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free, ca 7 mm long. Anthers yellow, ca 1.8 mm long, apices apiculate. Ovaries trigonous, styles ca 8 mm long. Epigenous tubes present, ca 0.5 mm long. Ovules numerous. Fruits subtrigonous. Seeds obtuse.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFCDFF86FF4CFDEB3D38F90A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum mucugense is only known from Mucugê county in Bahia. It grows on moist and shaded rocks near streams and waterfalls. IUCN conservation status: — VU B 2 ab (ii, iii). Despite occurring within a protected area, Orthophytum mucugense is threatened due to the small population size and its limited distribution.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFCDFF86FF4CFDEB3D38F90A.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum mucugense is morphologically similar to O. humile, but the leaf shapes, colour and trichomes can be used to separate these two species. Orthophytum mucugense has leaves that are entirely red at anthesis, while O. humile has leaves that are wine red to pink at the apices, but white and green toward the base. The leaf blades of O. humile are densely lepidote on both surfaces, differing from O. mucugense with glabrous to sparsely lepidote leaf blades. Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Mucugê, Serra do Capa Bode, 28 October 1978, (fl), Martinelli 5521 (RB); Parque Municipal Mucugê, cachoeira do Rio Tiburtino, 7 January 2003 (fr), Wanderley et al. 2367. (SP); 17 December 2006 (fr), Louzada & Moreira 58 (SP).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD3FF99FF4CFF49389FFBE6.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Jacobina, on perpendicular rocks above stream in isolated ravine, 500 m, 16 June 1939, M. Foster & R. Foster 90 (holotype GH not seen, isotype R!, SP!). Plants rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short, ca 2 × 1.5 cm. Leaves patent or arching. Leaf sheaths white, triangular, ca 1 × 1.5 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, prickles ca 0.5 mm long. Leaf blades coriaceous, plane or slightly concave, green, internal one reddish, linear-triangular, 8 – 23 × 0.4 – 0.7 cm, attenuate, sparsely lepidote on both surfaces, margins serrate, prickles antrorse or retrorse, 1.1 – 5 mm long, apices long-attenuate. Inflorescences sessile, simple, many-flowered. Vestigial floral bract absent. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, green, symmetrical, carinate, triangular, ca 2 × 1 cm, lepidote, margins serrate, apices mucronulate. Sepals green, symmetrical, carinate, narrowly triangular, 2 – 3 × 0.5 cm, with glandular trichomes, margins entire, apices acuminate. Petals white, linear-spatulate, 2.5 – 3 × 0.4 cm, glabrous, apices subacute. Petal appendages sacciform, lacerate, ca 3 mm from the petal base. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 9 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free, ca 20 mm long. Anthers yellow, 2.3 – 3 mm long, apices not apiculate. Ovaries trigonous, styles ca 20 mm long. Epigenous tubes present, ca 1.5 mm long. Ovules numerous. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD3FF99FF4CFF49389FFBE6.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum navioides is only known from Jacobina county in the state of Bahia, where it grows there on shaded rocks in dry forests near streams. IUCN conservation status: — CR B 2 ab (iii). Orthophytum navioides is only known from four herbarium specimens, including the type material. All collections were made at one locality with an estimated area of ca 10 km 2. A decline in the quality of the habitat was observed, which justifies the conservation status proposed here.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD3FF99FF4CFF49389FFBE6.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum navioides is similar to O. mucugense in habit, colour and texture of the leaves, bracts and sepals, but these species differ in the length of the leaf blades (8 – 23 vs. 2.5 – 6.7 cm in O. mucugense) and size of the flowers (longer in O. navioides). Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Jacobina, 4 August 2003 (fl), Ribeiro & Ribeiro s. n. (HB); Cachoeira Véu da Noiva, 27 October 1995 (fl), Jardim et al. 729 (CEPEC); 24 November 2001 (fl), Loureiro et al. 477 (CEPEC).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD2FF9BFF4CFBA83815FEBB.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Lençóis, Rio Mandassaia, 15 January 2006, M. G. L. Wanderley, A. A. Conceição, S. E. Martins & R. B. Louzada. 2532 (holotype SP!, isotype HUEFS!). Plants rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short, 1.2 – 3 × 1.5 – 2 cm. Leaves arching. Leaf sheaths white, broadly triangular or ovate-triangular, 0.4 – 0.8 × 0.7 – 0.8 cm long, glabrous, margins serrate, prickles 0.5 mm long. Leaf blades subcoriaceous, plane or slightly concave, green or partially red at anthesis, linear-triangular, 0.6 – 26 × 0.2 – 0.4 cm, attenuate, glabrous or sparsely lepidote, margins serrate, prickles antrorse 0.3 – 0.4 mm long, apices long-attenuate. Inflorescences sessile, compound, many – flowered. Primary bracts subcoriaceous, red or pink, triangular-lanceolate, 2 – 8.5 cm long, lepidote, margins serrate, apices acuminate. Vestigial floral bract present. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, red, asymmetrical, carinate or ecarinate, triangular, 0.9 – 1.2 × 0.6 – 0.7 cm, lepidote, margins serrate or entire, apices mucronulate. Sepals red, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly triangular-ovate, ca 1 × 0.3 cm, glabrous, margins entire, apices acuminate. Petals white, linear-spatulate, ca 1.5 × 0.4 cm, glabrous, obtuse, apices apiculate. Petal appendages sacciform, lacerate, ca 6 mm from base. Callosities conspicous. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 3.5 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free, ca 9 mm long. Anthers yellow, 2.3 – 2.5 mm long, apices apiculate. Ovaries trigonous, styles ca 10 mm long. Epigenous tubes absent. Ovules numerous. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD2FF9BFF4CFBA83815FEBB.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum ophiuroides is only known from Lençóis county in Bahia. It occurs on rocky outcrops in shaded habitats near streams. IUCN conservation status: — EN B 2 ab (ii, iii). Orthophytum ophiuroides is known from a few herbaria collections and it is a species with a limited distribution; an area less than 500 km 2 was estimated. It is considered threatened with a risk of becoming extinct in the wild, because it occurs in less than five localities and its suitable habitat is declining.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD2FF9BFF4CFBA83815FEBB.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum ophiuroides is similar to O. navioides, but differs from that species by having shorter petals (ca. 1.5 vs. 2.5 – 3 cm) and sepals (ca. 1 vs. 2 – 3 cm), without glandular trichomes. In addition, the bracts and sepals are red (not green). Erroneous identifications of Orthophytum ophiuroides in herbarium collections are quite common. Vouchers are sometimes identified as O. humile, but O. ophiuroides has wider and glabrous leaf blades (vs. narrow and densely lepidote). Additional specimens examined: — BRASIL. Bahia: Lençóis, Poço Harley, 13 January 2006 (fl), Louzada & Moreira 7 (SP); 15 January 2006 (fl), Wanderley et al. 2531 (SP); 8 April 2008 (fl), Louzada & Wanderley 88 (SP).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD0FF9BFF4CFE133AE8FA0E.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Águia Branca, propriedade de Ciro Ferreira, 18 º 58 ’ 40.5 ” S, 40 º 39 ’ 56.1 ” W, 250 m, 27 April 2006, V. Demuner, L. F. S. Magnago, T. Cruz & E. Bausen 2270 (holotype MBML!, isotype HB not seen). Plants rupicolous or terrestrial, stoloniferous, stems elongate, 12 – 15 × 1.8 cm. Leaves slightly arching. Leaf sheaths green, ovate, 3.6 × 2 – 2.5 cm, lepidote at base, margins serrate, prickles ca 3 mm long. Leaf blades coriaceous, canaliculate, green, internal one reddish, narrowly triangular, 30 – 55 × 1.5 – 1.7 cm, attenuate, lepidote, glabrous and bright at base, margins serrate, prickles straight or retrorse, 2 – 3.5 mm long, apices acute. Inflorescences sessile, compound, many – flowered. Primary bracts subcoriaceous, green or red, very narrowly triangular, 3.2 – 12.7 × 1.8 cm, margins serrate, apices acuminate. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, green, asymmetrical, carinate, narrow triangular, ca 1.6 × 0.8 cm, lanate, margins serrate, apices acuminate. Sepals green, asymmetrical, carinate, triangular-lanceolate, 1.6 – 1.8 × 0.4 cm, densely lepidote, margins entire, apices acuminate. Petals green with white margins, spatulate, 1.7 – 1.8 × 0.5 – 0.6 cm, glabrous, obtuse, apices cucullate. Petal appendages cupuliform, lacerate, ca 3 mm from base. Callosities conspicuous, ca 2.5 mm long, apices not apiculate. Ovaries trigonous. Epigenous tubes absent. Ovules numerous. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD0FF9BFF4CFE133AE8FA0E.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum pseudovagans is only known from Águia Branca county in the state of Espírito Santo, where it grows on rocky outcrops in the Atlantic rain forests at ca 250 m elevation. IUCN conservation status: — DD. Orthophytum pseudovagans still lacks sufficient distribution data, because it was discovered only recently and is currently known only from the type material.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD0FF9BFF4CFE133AE8FA0E.taxon	discussion	Comments: — According to Leme & Kollmann (2007), O. pseudovagans forms the ' vagans subcomplex' together with O. vagans Foster (1960: 59) and O. zanonii Leme (2004 b: 72). Long stems and obtuse – cucullate petal apices characterize this group of species. Orthophytum pseudovagans differs from O. vagans mainly by its compound (vs. simple) inflorescences. It differs from O. zanonii by longer leaf blades (30 – 55 cm vs. 12 – 14.6), which are glabrous, bright green – spotted and red at the base (vs. lepidote and concolorous green).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD0FF9DFF4CF9C13BF6FA88.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Mucugê road to Andaraí, 12 o 56 ’ 41.2 ” S, 41 o 17 ’ 28.5 ” W, ca 867 m. 9 April 2008 (fl), R. B. Louzada & M. G. L. Wanderley 91 (holotype SP, isotype HUEFS). Plants rupicolous, stoloniferous, stems short ca 2.6 cm long. Leaves patent or arching. Leaf sheaths greenishwhite, triangular or ovate, 1 – 1.4 × 1.3 – 2.2 cm, glabrous, margins serrate, prickles ca 0.5 mm long. Leaf blades coriaceous, slightly concave, pink at base, wine for the, very narrowly triangular, 5 – 15.5 × 1.2 – 1.6 cm, attenuate, abaxially densely lepidote, adaxially lepidote, scales densely arranged at base, margins serrate, prickles antrorse 2 – 3.5 mm long, apices mucronate. Inflorescences sessile, simple or compound, many- flowered. Primary bracts subcoriaceous, pink, triangular or lanceolate, 2 – 5 × 0.8 cm, lepidote, margins serrate, apices mucronate. Vestigial floral bract present. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, pink, asymmetrical, triangular, 1.2 – 1.7 × 0.7 – 1 cm, lepidote, margins serrate, apices mucronate. Sepals pink, asymmetrical, carinate, narrowly triangular, 1.3 – 1.6 × 0.3 – 0.6 cm, lepidote, margins entire, apices mucronate, anterior one free, posterior connate. Petals white, linear-spatulate, 1.3 – 1.7 × 0.4 cm, glabrous, apices obtuse. Petal appendages sacciform, lacerate, ca 5 mm from the base. Callosities conspicous. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 5 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous one free ca 10 mm long. Anthers, yellow, ca 3 mm long, apices apiculate, apiculus absent in dry material. Ovaries trigonous. Epigenous tubes present, ca 2 mm long. Ovules numerous. Fruits and seeds not seen.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD0FF9DFF4CF9C13BF6FA88.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Orthophytum ulei is only known from Mucugê county in Bahia. It grows rupicolous in xeric environments, frequently exposed to the sun on rocky outcrops and in grassland on rocky fields at ca 870 m elevation. IUCN conservation status: — EN B 1 ab (ii, iii). Based on collections and field observations in the areas of occurrence, we noticed that O. ulei is restricted to an area estimated to be less than 5000 km 2. It is only known from one county in Bahia, occurring outside of protected areas.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD0FF9DFF4CF9C13BF6FA88.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum ulei is similar to O. amoenum and O. albopictum. It differs from O. amoenum mainly in having larger leaf blades, (1.2 – 1.6 vs. 0.5 – 1 wide), that are adaxially lepidote (vs. sparsely lepidote), lepidote floral bracts and sepals (vs. glabrous) and narrowly triangular (vs. elliptic) sepals. It differs from O. albopictum mainly in its primary bracts, floral bracts and sepals: sepals are pink (vs. green), floral bracts carinate (vs. ecarinate) and petals are glabrous (vs. trichomes below the petal appendages). Orthophytum albopictum has a white-lanate well-delimited band around the inflorescence, formed by dense scales (peltate trichomes) at the base of leaves and primary bracts, the prickles are not longer than 2 mm, while in O. ulei the prickles are 2 – 3.5 mm long.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD0FF9DFF4CF9C13BF6FA88.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The name of this new species is attributed to Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (1854 – 1915), German botanist and explorer, who undertook botanical expeditions to southern and central Brazil at the end of the 19 th the century. In Chapada Diamantina, previously known as Serra do Sincorá, Ule discovered a new species of Bromeliaceae and described it in a new genus, Sincoraea (Ule 1908). Later, Smith (1955) synonymized this genus under Orthophytum (Smith 1955). Additional specimens examined: — BRASIL. Bahia: Mucugê, 22 km from Andaraí in road to Mucugê, 16 February 1977 (fl), Harley 18746 (RB); Serra do Capa Bode, 30 October 1972 (fl), Martinelli 5545 (RB); 29 October 1978 (fl), Martinelli 5546 (RB).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD6FF9EFF4CFA47389DFE08.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: R. G. Wilson 578 (holotype US!). Plants rupicolous, stems elongate, ca 19 cm long. Leaves slightly arching. Leaf sheaths ovate, 1.5 – 2 × 1.7 – 2.5 cm, margins serrate, prickles 0.5 – 3 mm long. Leaf blades subcoriaceous, canaliculate, green, internal one reddish white, narrowly triangular, attenuate, sparsely lepidote, margins serrate, prickles antrorse, apices mucronate. Inflorescences sessile, simple, few-flowered. Floral bracts subcoriaceous, narrowly triangular, margins serrate, apices acuminate. Sepals white, narrowly triangular, lanate, margins entire, apices acuminate. Petals green with white margins, linear-spatulate, apices obtuse-cucullate. Petals appendages cupuliform, lacerate. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 10 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free 18 mm long. Ovaries trigonous. Fruits and seeds not seen. Distribuition and habitat: — unknown	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD6FF9EFF4CFA47389DFE08.taxon	description	IUCN conservation status: — DD. Orthophytum vagans was described from cultivated material found in a garden in Rio de Janeiro. It has not yet been found in the wild.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD6FF9EFF4CFA47389DFE08.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum vagans is similar to O. zanonii as both are having an elongated stem and obtuse-cucullate petals. It differs from O. zanonii mainly by having a simple inflorescence (vs. compound). Herbarium collections of Orthophytum vagans other than the type material are not known. Live material was brought to the United States by R. G. Wilson, and initially, the author of this species thought it was Cryptanthus glazioui Mez (1891 – 94: 202), due to the elongated stems. However, after observing the fertile plants in cultivation, Foster (1960) concluded that this plant was a new species of Orthophytum, easily recognized by the elongated stems. The presence of elongated stems forming a clump, inspired the name vagans, meaning ' wandering'.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD5FF9EFF4CFDC43D87F937.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Pancas, Laginha de Pancas, Pedra do Vidal, property of Vidal Krause, ca. 300 m, 16 August 2003, E. M. C. Leme, M. Zanoni & E. Malgnago 5930 (holotype HB!). Plants rupicolous, stems elongate, ca 10 × 2 cm. Leaves arching. Leaf sheaths greenish-white, ovate, 2.3 – 3 × 2.1 – 3 cm, sparsely lepidote, margins serrate, prickles 0.2 – 0.3 mm long. Leaf blades coriaceous, slightly concave, red or wine when young, linear – triangular, 12 – 14.6 × 1.1 – 1.5 cm, attenuate, densely lepidote on both surfaces, margins serrate, prickles antrorse 0.6 – 1 mm long, apices mucronate. Inflorescences sessile, compound, many-flowered. Primary bracts coriaceous, green, triangular to very narrowly triangular, 3.2 – 12.7 × 1.8 cm, densely lepidote, margins serrate, apices mucronate. Vestigial floral bract present. Floral bracts coriaceous, green, asymmetrical, carinate, triangular, 2.1 – 2.5 × 1.2 cm, lepidote, margins serrate, apices mucronate. Sepals green, symmetrical, ecarinate, triangular-ovate, ca 1.6 × 0.5 cm, densely lepidote, margins entire, apices mucronulate. Petals green with white margins, linear-spatulate, ca 1.9 × 0.4 cm, glabrous, obtuse, apices cucullate. Petal appendages cupuliform, lacerate, ca 6 mm from base. Callosities conspicous. Stamens with antepetalous filaments ca 6 mm long and adnate to the petals, the antesepalous ones free, ca 15 mm long. Anthers green, ca 2.2 mm long, apices apiculate. Ovaries trigonous, styles ca 1.7 mm long. Epigenous tube absent. Ovules numerous. Fruits and seeds not seen. Distribuition and habitat: — Orthophytum zanonii is only known from Pancas county, district of Laginha in the state of Espírito Santo. It grows on inselbergs in Atlantic rain forest between 430 – 550 m elevation.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD5FF9EFF4CFDC43D87F937.taxon	description	IUCN conservation status: — EN B 2 ab (ii, iii). Orthophytum zanonii is known from a single locality with an estimated range of less than 500 km 2. A decline of the extent of its habitat may bring this species in danger of extinction.	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
0389F944FFD5FF9EFF4CFDC43D87F937.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Orthophytum zanonii is similar to O. vagans and O. pseudovagans, all having an elongated stem. Orthophytum zanonii differs from O. vagans in its densely lepidote (vs. sparsely lepidote) leaves and coriaceous (vs. subcoriaceous) and concolorous leaf blades that become red (vs. green) at anthesis. In O. zanonii the leaf margins are serrated with prickles that are half as long as those of the other two species (Leme 2004 b). The species presents a peculiar vegetative reproduction, forming extensive populations with lateral shoots emerging from the leaf axils and bract axils of the inflorescence. The leaves may be densely lepidote with gray hairs when exposed to intense light conditions, but become green and bright in some localities of the inselbergs that are more shaded. Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Pancas, Laginha de Pancas, Pedra do Vidal, 16 August 2003 (fl), Leme et al. 5941 (HB); 5 August 2006 (fl), Louzada et al. 18 (SP).	en	Louzada, Rafael Batista, Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa (2010): Revision of Orthophytum (Bromeliaceae): the species with sessile inflorescences. Phytotaxa 13: 1-26, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.13.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.13.1.1
