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Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Volume 52: 1-415 Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Editors Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez and Mark T. Strong Department of Botany National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC 2005 ABSTRACT Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Mark T. Strong. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, volume 52: 415 pages (including 65 figures). The present treatment constitutes an updated revision for the monocotyledon and gymnosperm flora (excluding Orchidaceae and Poaceae) for the biogeographical region of Puerto Rico (including all islets and islands) and the Virgin Islands. With this contribution, we fill the last major gap in the flora of this region, since the dicotyledons have been previously revised. This volume recognizes 33 families, 118 genera, and 349 species of Monocots (excluding the Orchidaceae and Poaceae) and three families, three genera, and six species of gymnosperms. The Poaceae with an estimated 89 genera and 265 species, will be published in a separate volume at a later date. When Ackerman’s (1995) treatment of orchids (65 genera and 145 species) and the Poaceae are added to our account of monocots, the new total rises to 35 families, 272 genera and 759 species. The differences in number from Britton’s and Wilson’s (1926) treatment is attributed to changes in families, generic and species concepts, recent introductions, naturalization of introduced species and cultivars, exclusion of cultivated plants, misdeterminations, and discoveries of new taxa or new distributional records during the last seven decades. Seven new taxa are described: Agave minor Proctor, Bulbostylis capillaris subsp. insulana M.T. Strong, Cyperus pulguerensis M.T. Strong, Guzmania lingulata var. concolor Proctor & Cedeño-Mald., Pitcairnia angustifolia var. simplicior Proctor & Cedeño-Mald., Pitcairnia jareckii Proctor & Cedeño-Mald., and Zephyranthes proctorii Acev.-Rodr. & M.T. Strong; and two new combinations are made: Cyperus subtenuis (Kük.) M.T. Strong and Rhynchospora divaricata (Ham.) M.T. Strong. Twenty one of the accepted names (or their basionyms) in this work are lectotypified: Aechmea lingulata (L.) Baker, Aechmea nudicaulis (L.) Griseb., Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte, Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (Lemoine ex Morren) N.E. Brown, Cyperus confertus Sw., Cyperus subtenuis (Kük.) M.T. Strong, Cyperus urbanii Boeck., Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr., Guzmania monostachia (L.) Mez, Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd., Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav., Hohenbergia antillana Mez., Neomarica northiana (Schneev.) Sprague, Rajania cordata L., Rhynchospora ciliata (G. Mey.) Kük., Rhynchospora odorata C. Wright ex Griseb., Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel, Tillandsia fasciculata Sw., Tillandsia polystachya (L.)L., and Xanthosoma helleborifolium (Jacq.) Schott. Four names are neotypified: Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent., Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb., Smilax coriacea Spreng., and Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid. One name is epitypified: Anthurium scandens (Aubl.) Engl. Fifteen synonyms of accepted taxa are lectotypified: Amaryllis equestris Aiton, Bulbostylis curassavica var. pallescens Kük. & Ekman ex Urb., Bulbostylis ekmanii Kük., Bulbostylis papillosa Kük., Crinum amabile Donn ex Ker-Gawl, Cyperus ehrenbergii Kunth, Cyperus filiformis var. densiceps Kük., Eleocharis sintenisii Boeck., Pistia occidentalis Blume, Pitcairnia ramosa J. Jacq., Psilocarya rufa Nees, Rhynchospora longispicata Boeck., Scleria microcarpa var. subeciliata C.B.Clarke, Scleria grisebachii C.B. Clarke, and Xanthosoma atrovirens K. Koch & Bouché. Thirty-two of the taxa treated are newly reported for the flora area: Aechmea fasciata (Lindl.) Baker, Agave vivipara L., Bulbostylis stenocarpa Kük., Calathea crotalifera S. Watson, Carex longii Mack., Commelina rufipes var. glabrata (D.R. Hunt) Faden & D.R. Hunt, Costus malortieanus H. Wendl., Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav., Cyperus floridanus Britton ex Small, Cyperus papyrus L., Cyperus squarrosus L., Cyperus tenuis Sw., Cyperus unifolius Boeck., Eleocharis debilis Kunth, Eleocharis minutiflora Boeck., Eleocharis oligantha C.B. Clarke, Fuirena robusta Kunth, Furcraea stratiotes J. B. Petersen, Halophila engelmannii Asch., Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav., Hydrocleys nymphoides (Willd.) Buchenau, Kyllinga nemoralis (J.R. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutchinson & Dalz., Maranta gibba Sm., Rhynchospora domingensis Urb., Rhynchospora fascicularis subsp. fascicularis var. distans (Michx.) Chapm., Rhynchospora radicans subsp. microcephala (Bertero ex Spreng.) W.W. Thomas, Ruppia didyma Sw., Scleria brittonii Core, Scleria havanensis Britton, Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd., Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel., and Xyris curtissii Malme. KEY WORDS: Botany, Caribbean, Greater Antilles, Greater Puerto Rico, Gymnosperms, Monocots, Puerto Rico,Virgin Islands. RESUMEN Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro y Mark T. Strong. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, volume 52: 415 páginas (incluyendo 65 figuras). El presente tratado constituye una revisión actualizada para los monocotiledóneos y los gimnospermos (excluyendo Orchidaceae y Poaceae) de la región biogeográfica de Puerto Rico (incluyendo cayos e islotes) y las Islas Vírgenes. En este volumen, se reconocen 33 familias, 118 géneros y 349 especies de monocotiledóneos y tres familias, tres géneros y seis especies de gimnospermos. Las Poaceas con un estimado de 89 géneros y 265 especies será publicada en un próximo volumen de esta serie. Cuando el numero (65 géneros y 145 especies) de Orquídeas (Ackerman, 1995) y el de Poaceas es tomado en consideración, el numero total de monocotiledóneas asciende a 35 familias, 272 géneros y 759 especies. La diferencia en el numero de especies entre el presente tratado y el de Britton y Wilson (1926) es atribuido a los cambios de conceptos de familias, géneros y especies, recientes introducciones, naturalización de especies anteriormente introducidas, la exclusión de plantas cultivadas, identificaciones erróneas y el descubrimiento de nuevos taxones o de nuevos registros de distribución en las ultimas 7 décadas. Los siguientes siete nuevos taxones son aquí descritos: Agave minor Proctor, Bulbostylis capillaris subsp. insulana M.T. Strong, Cyperus pulguerensis M.T. Strong, Guzmania lingulata var. concolor Proctor & Cedeño-Mald., Pitcairnia angustifolia var. simplicior Proctor & Cedeño- Mald., Pitcairnia jareckii Proctor & Cedeño-Mald. y Zephyranthes proctorii Acev.-Rodr. & M.T. Strong, y dos combinaciones nuevas efectuadas: Cyperus subtenuis (Kük.) M.T. Strong y Rhynchospora divaricata (Ham.) M.T. Strong. Los siguientes 21 nombres ( o sus basónimos) aquí aceptados son lectotipificados: Aechmea lingulata (L.) Baker, Aechmea nudicaulis (L.) Griseb., Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte, Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (Lemoine ex Morren) N.E. Brown, Cyperus confertus Sw., Cyperus subtenuis (Kük.) M.T. Strong, Cyperus urbanii Boeck., Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr., Guzmania monostachia (L.) Mez, Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd., Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav., Hohenbergia antillana Mez., Neomarica northiana (Schneev.) Sprague, Rajania cordata L., Rhynchospora ciliata (G. Mey.) Kük., Rhynchospora odorata C. Wright ex Griseb., Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel, Tillandsia fasciculata Sw., Tillandsia polystachya (L.) L., y Xanthosoma helleborifolium (Jacq.) Schott. Cuatro nombres son neotipificados: Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent., Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb., Smilax coriacea Spreng., y Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid. Un nombre es epitipificado: Anthurium scandens (Aubl.) Engl.. Los siguientes quince sinónimos son lectotificados: Amaryllis equestris Aiton, Bulbostylis curassavica var. pallescens Kük. & Ekman ex Urb., Bulbostylis ekmanii Kük., Bulbostylis papillosa Kük., Crinum amabile Donn ex Ker-Gawl, Cyperus ehrenbergii Kunth, Cyperus filiformis var. densiceps Kük.,Eleocharis sintenisii Boeck., Pistia occidentalis Blume, Pitcairnia ramosa J. Jacq., Psilocarya rufa Nees, Rhynchospora longispicata Boeck., Scleria microcarpa var. subeciliata C.B. Clarke, Scleria grisebachii C.B. Clarke y Xanthosoma atrovirens K. Koch & Bouché. Los siguientes 32 taxones son nuevos registros para el área cubierta en esta flora: Aechmea fasciata (Lindl.) Baker, Agave vivipara L., Bulbostylis stenocarpa Kük., Calathea crotalifera S. Watson, Carex longii Mack., Commelina rufipes var. glabrata (D.R. Hunt) Faden & D.R. Hunt, Costus malortieanus H. Wendl., Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav., Cyperus floridanus Britton ex Small, Cyperus papyrus L., Cyperus squarrosus L., Cyperus tenuis Sw., Cyperus unifolius Boeck., Eleocharis debilis Kunth, Eleocharis minutiflora Boeck., Eleocharis oligantha C.B. Clarke, Fuirena robusta Kunth, Furcraea stratiotes J. Boye-Petersen, Halophila engelmannii Asch., Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav., Hydrocleys nymphoides (Willd.) Buchenau, Kyllinga nemoralis (J.R. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutchinson & Dalz., Maranta gibba Sm., Rhynchospora domingensis Urb., Rhynchospora fascicularis subsp. fascicularis var. distans (Michx.) Chapm., Rhynchospora radicans subsp. microcephala (Bertero ex Spreng.) W.W. Thomas, Ruppia didyma Sw., Scleria brittonii Core, Scleria havanensis Britton, Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd., Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel. y Xyris curtissii Malme. PALABRAS CLAVES: Antillas Mayores, Banco de Puerto Rico, Botánica, Caribe,
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