View source for Hechtia ← Hechtia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Hechtia |accepted_authority=Klotzsch |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Allgemeine Gartenzeitung |place=3: 401. 1835 |year=1835 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Bromeliaceae;Hechtia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bromeliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hechtia]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial or among or on rocks, caulescent or without evident stems, occasionally stoloniferous. <b>Leaves</b> rosulate, straight to falcate; blade narrowly triangular, margins spinose. <b>Inflorescences</b> lateral [terminal or lateral], many-flowered, simple or compound and paniculate; branches capitate to lax and elongate; floral bracts broad [broad to narrow], conspicuous. <b>Flowers</b> dimorphic, functionally unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants; sepals distinct, symmetric; staminate petals distinct or appearing briefly connate basally from adnation of filaments to adjacent petals; stamens included or exserted; filaments adnate [free or adnate] to petals; pistillate petals distinct, triangular or ovate; ovary largely superior to largely inferior. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, dehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> narrowly winged to almost wingless, plumose appendages absent.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America. |discussion=<p>The Texas species are unusual in their scaly capsules and flowers with scaly sepals, petals, and ovaries.</p><!-- --><p>Species ca. 50 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=burt-utley1987a |text=Burt-Utley, K. and J. F. Utley. 1987. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae). Brittonia 39: 37--43. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Staminate flowers with sepals 2.5–4 mm, petals 3.5–4.5 mm; pistillate flowers with sepals 3–4 mm, petals 4.5–5 mm; capsules 6–8.5 |[[Hechtia glomerata|Hechtia glomerata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Staminate flowers with sepals 4.5–5 mm, petals 7.5–9 mm; pistillate flowers with sepals 4.5–7 mm, petals 7.5–9 mm; capsules 8.5–12.5 mm |[[Hechtia texensis|Hechtia texensis]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Hechtia |author=Kathleen Burt-Utley;John F. Utley |authority=Klotzsch |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Bromeliaceae |distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America. |reference=burt-utley1987a |publication title=Allgemeine Gartenzeitung |publication year=1835 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_514.xml |genus=Hechtia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Bromeliaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Bromeliaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Hechtia.