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Taxonomic novelties of Ronnbergia (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) from Colombia

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Three new species of Ronnbergia (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) and two new records of the same genus for Colombia are described. The three new species correspond to (1) Ronnbergia igneosepala from the slopes of the Western Cordillera in Nariño (Colombia), which is unique by its orange floral bracts and sepals; (2) R. robusta from the Pacific Littoral of Colombia, which can be easily recognized by its involucrate peduncle bracts that only cover 1/3 of the inflorescence, green to dull-purple sepals and long sepal mucros; and (3) R. veitchioides, a species from the isolated mountain peak of Cerro del Torrá (Chocó) that can be identified by its serrulate, purple, reflexed floral bracts, and long sepals. We report the occurrence of R. campanulata in the department of Cauca, almost 800 km apart from the already known populations in the Cordillera del Condor of southern Ecuador. Moreover, we register R. aciculosa in Colombia and provide a short discussion on the differentiation of this species from R. tonduzii.

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Se describen e ilustran tres especies nuevas de Ronnbergia (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) y se presentan dos registros nuevos para Colombia. Las tres especies nuevas corresponden a: (1) Ronnbergia igneosepala, presente en la vertiente occidental de la Cordillera Occidental del departamento de Nariño (sur de Colombia), la cual se distingue por tener las brácteas florales y los sépalos anaranjados; (2) R. robusta del litoral pacífico de Colombia, la cual se caracteriza porque sus brácteas involucrales cubren hasta 1/3 de la inflorescencia y por sus sépalos verdes a púrpura oscuro y con un mucrón alargado; y (3) R. veitchioides, una especie del cerro del Torrá (Chocó), que puede reconocerse por tener las brácteas florales serruladas, púrpuras y reflexas, así como por los sépalos largos. Reportamos la ocurrencia de R. campanulata en el departamento del Cauca, casi a 800 km de distancia de las únicas poblaciones conocidas de la especie en la Cordillera del Condor al sur de Ecuador. También se registra la presencia de R. aciculosa en Colombia y se acompaña el reporte con una corta discusión sobre sus afinidades con R. tonduzii.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the curators of the herbaria CAUP, COL, CUVC, HUA, and MO for allowing us to study the specimens cited in this paper. We are grateful to Laura Clavijo for sharing her photographs of Ronnbergia igneosepala in the field and Marcela Morales for the illustrations of all the species in this manuscript. We also thank Fundación Ecohábitats, especially Jhon Sánchez, Paz-Betancourt, Luis A. Ortega, and the staff of Parque Nacional Natural Munchique for facilitating the collection and observation of Ronnbergia campanulata in the field. Finally, we thank the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia for its support to complete this study and the anonymous reviewers of this manuscript for their valuable comments.

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Aguirre-Santoro, J., Betancur, J. Taxonomic novelties of Ronnbergia (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) from Colombia. Brittonia 74, 30–42 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-021-09686-5

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