Vellozia andina
| Vellozia andina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Velloziaceae |
| Genus: | Vellozia |
| Species: | V. andina
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| Binomial name | |
| Vellozia andina Ibisch, Vásquez & Nowicki, 2001
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Vellozia andina is a species of plant in the order Pandanales.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The plant is native to the Central Andes mountains, within the Department of Santa Cruz, in Bolivia, South America.
Description
[edit]It is distinguished by its short, stout and trigonous stems and by the irregular pollen aggregates of more than eight grains.
It is a poikilohydrous and poikilochlorophyllous type of resurrection plant.
References
[edit]- ^ Ibisch, Pierre L., et al. "Taxonomy and biology of Andean Velloziaceae: Vellozia andina sp. nov. and notes on Barbaceniopsis (including Barbaceniopsis castillonii comb. nov.)." Systematic Botany 26.1 (2001): 5-16.
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