Lymania is a genus of the botanical

Botany

Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

 family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3,170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana...

, subfamily Bromelioideae

Bromelioideae

Bromelioideae is a subfamily of the bromeliads . This subfamily is the most diverse, represented by the greatest number of genera with 32, but the least number of species with 861. Most of the plants in this group are epiphytes, though some have evolved in, or will adapt to, terrestrial conditions...

. The genus was established in 1984 to "unite furrowed or winged species from Aechmea

Aechmea

Aechmea is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The name comes from the Greek “aichme” . Aechmea has 8 subgenera and 255 species distributed from Mexico through South America...

 subgenus Lamprococcus, Araeococcus and Ronnbergia" a group of plants native to the Bahia

Bahia

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n coast of the Brazil

Brazil

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ian rainforest

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. Modern DNA

DNA

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 analysis has confirmed that Lymania is correctly classified as an independent genus containing two distinct clades.

Species

• Lymania alvimii
  Lymania alvimii
  Lymania alvimii is a species of the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  (L.B. Smith & R.W. Read) R.W. Read
• Lymania azurea
  Lymania azurea
  Lymania azurea is a species of the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Leme
• Lymania brachycaulis (E. Morren ex Baker) L.O.F. de Sousa
• Lymania corallina
  Lymania corallina
  Lymania corallina is a species of the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  (Brongniart ex Beer) R.W. Read
• Lymania globosa
  Lymania globosa
  Lymania globosa is a species of the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Leme
• Lymania languida
  Lymania languida
  Lymania languida is a species of the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Leme
• Lymania marantoides
  Lymania marantoides
  Lymania marantoides is a species of the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  (L.B. Smith) R.W. Read
• Lymania smithii
  Lymania smithii
  Lymania smithii is a species of the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  R.W. Read
• Lymania spiculata
  Lymania spiculata
  Lymania spiculata is a species of the genus Lymania. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...
  
  Leme & Forzza

External links

• FCBS Lymania Photos
• BSI Genera Gallery photos