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<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-34532018000501012</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/ib.20078706e.2018.4.2453</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Revisión taxonómica del género Viridantha (Tillandsia subgénero Viridantha sensu stricto)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Taxonomic revision of the genus Viridantha (Tillandsia subgenus Viridantha sensu stricto)]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Cárdenas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rodrigo Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Espejo-Serna]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adolfo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Ferrari]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Rosa]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud Departamento de Biología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2018</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>89</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>1012</fpage>
<lpage>1032</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532018000501012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532018000501012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532018000501012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se presenta una revisión taxonómica de las especies del género Viridantha Espejo, taxón que algunos autores consideran como Tillandsia subgénero Viridantha s. str. Se registran 14 especies en el género. Se proponen las combinaciones Viridantha boqueronensis (Ehlers) Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr., V. grandispica (Ehlers) Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr. y V. teloloapanensis (Ehlers y Lautner) Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr. Se propone elevar a T. atroviridipetala Matuda var. yagulensis Ehlers al nivel específico con el nombre de V. yagulensis (Ehlers) Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr. Asimismo, se describe V. rzedowskiana Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr., como especie nueva para la ciencia. Se proporciona una clave de identificación, descripciones morfológicas, lista de ejemplares examinados, datos ecológicos, comentarios taxonómicos y mapas de distribución para todos los taxones. En 6 de las especies, no se encontraron ejemplares con fruto.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract A taxonomic revision of the genus Viridantha Espejo is provided, Viridantha is also considered by some authors as Tillandsia subgenus Viridantha s. str. Fourteen species are recorded for the genus. The new combinations Viridantha boqueronensis (Ehlers) Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr., V. grandispica (Ehlers) Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr., and V. teloloapanensis (Ehlers y Lautner) Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr. are exposed. We propose rise to specific rank to T. atroviridipetala Matuda var. yagulensis Ehlers with the name V. yagulensis (Ehlers) Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr. V. rzedowskiana Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo y López-Ferr., is proposed as new to science. A key to the taxa, morphological descriptions, a list of specimens examined, ecological data, taxonomic comments, and distribution maps are given for all the taxa. In 6 of the species, no specimens with fruit were found.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Taxonomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tillandsioideae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Viridantha rzedowskiana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Viridantha yagulensis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bromeliaceae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tillandsioideae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Viridantha rzedowskiana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Viridantha yagulensis]]></kwd>
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