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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Tillandsioideae |
| Genus: | Waltillia Leme, Barfuss & Halbritt. |
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Waltillia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It was considered to be a monotypic genus until the 2021 description of W. itambana.
Its native range is Minas Gerais, Brazil. Although, Waltillia itambana is believed to be restricted to Pico do Itambé State Park.
Species
There are currently two described species:
- Waltillia hatschbachii (L.B.Sm. & Read) Leme, Barfuss & Halbritt.
- Waltillia itambana T. Machado & Versieux
Taxonomy
The genus name of Waltillia is in honour of Walter Till (b. 1956), an Austrian botanist and herbarium director in Vienna. It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.299 (Issue 1) on page 29 in 2017.
References
- ^ "Waltillia Leme, Barfuss & Halbritt. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Machado, Talita M.; Pivari, Marco Otávio D.; Versieux, Leonardo M. (2021-03-17). "Expanding Waltillia : an addition to a previously monotypic genus of Bromeliaceae from the Espinhaço range, Brazil". Phytotaxa. 491 (1): 1–11. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.491.1.1. ISSN 1179-3163.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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| Waltillia | |