''Hechtia'' is a
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of plants in the
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Bromeliaceae
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, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to
Mexico
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,
Central America
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, and
Texas
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The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conrad Hecht (1771–1837), German counselor to the King of Prussia.dioecious
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Species
* ''Hechtia aquamarina
''Hechtia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.
The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conra ...
'' I.Ramírez & C.F.Jiménez - Puebla
* ''Hechtia argentea
''Hechtia argentea'' is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is border ...
'' Baker - Querétaro
* ''Hechtia bracteata
''Hechtia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.
The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conra ...
'' Mez - Citlaltépetl (Puebla + Veracruz)
* '' Hechtia caerulea'' (Matuda) L.B.Sm.
Lyman Bradford Smith (September 11, 1904 – May 4, 1997) was an American botanist.
Smith was born in Winchester, Massachusetts. He studied botany during the 1920s at Harvard University and received his PhD from Harvard in 1930. Between 1928 a ...
- San Luis Potosí, México State, Guerrero
* '' Hechtia capituligera'' Mez - San Luis Potosí
* ''Hechtia carlsoniae
''Hechtia carlsoniae'' is a plant species in the genus ''Hechtia''. This species is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered t ...
'' Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Guerrero
* ''Hechtia caudata
''Hechtia caudata'' is a plant species in the genus ''Hechtia''. This species is endemic to Mexico.
References
*
caudata
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'' L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
* ''Hechtia caulescens
''Hechtia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.
The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conra ...
'' López-Ferr., Espejo & Mart.-Correa - Oaxaca
* ''Hechtia chichinautzensis
''Hechtia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.
The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conra ...
'' Mart.-Correa, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Morelos
* ''Hechtia colossa
''Hechtia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.
The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conra ...
'' Mart.-Correa, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Puebla, Oaxaca
* ''Hechtia complanata
''Hechtia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.
The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conra ...
'' Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
* ''Hechtia confusa
''Hechtia confusa'' is a plant species in the genus ''Hechtia''. This species is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to t ...
'' L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
* ''Hechtia conzattiana
''Hechtia conzattiana'' is a plant species in the genus ''Hechtia''. This species is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered ...
'' L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
* ''Hechtia dichroantha
''Hechtia'' is a genus of plants in the family (biology), family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.
The genus is named for Juliu ...
'' Donnell Smith - Guatemala, Honduras
* ''Hechtia edulis
''Hechtia'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.
The genus is named for Julius Gottfried Conra ...
'' I.Ramírez, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Chihuahua
* ''Hechtia elliptica
''Hechtia elliptica'' is a plant species in the genus ''Hechtia''. This species is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to ...
'' L.B.Sm. - Coahuila
* ''Hechtia epigyna
''Hechtia epigyna'' is a species of plant in the genus ''Hechtia''. This species is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered t ...
'' Harms - Tamaulipas, Hidalgo
* ''Hechtia fosteriana
''Hechtia fosteriana'' is a species of plant in the genus ''Hechtia''. This species is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordere ...
'' L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
* ''Hechtia fragilis
''Hechtia fragilis'' is a species of plant in the genus ''Hechtia''. This species is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered ...
'' Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Puebla, Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia galeottii'' Mez - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia gayorum'' L.W.Lenz - Baja California Sur
* '' Hechtia glabra'' Brandegee - Veracruz
* '' Hechtia glauca'' Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Michoacán
* ''Hechtia glomerata
''Hechtia glomerata'', commonly known as guapilla, is a species of bromeliad that is native to southern Texas in the United States, Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern porti ...
'' Zucc. - from Texas to Guatemala
* ''Hechtia guatemalensis
''Hechtia'' is a genus of plants in the family (biology), family Bromeliaceae, and is the sole genus of the subfamily Hechtioideae, containing 75 species. Its species are native to Mexico, Central America, and Texas.
The genus is named for Juliu ...
'' Mez - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua
* '' Hechtia gypsophila'' López-Ferr., Espejo & Hern.-Cárdenas - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia hintoniana'' Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - México State, Michoacán
* '' Hechtia iltisii'' Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Jalisco
* '' Hechtia isthmusiana'' Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia ixtlanensis'' Burt-Utley - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia jaliscana'' L.B.Sm. - Jalisco
* '' Hechtia laevis'' L.B.Sm. - Colima
* '' Hechtia lanata'' L.B.Sm. - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia laxissima'' L.B.Sm. - Michoacán
* '' Hechtia lepidophylla'' I.Ramírez - Querétaro, Hidalgo
* '' Hechtia lundelliorum'' L.B.Sm. - San Luis Potosí
* '' Hechtia lyman-smithii'' Burt-Utley & J.Utley - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia malvernii'' Gilmartin - Honduras
* '' Hechtia marnier-lapostollei'' L.B.Sm. - México State, Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia matudae'' L.B.Sm. - Morelos
* '' Hechtia melanocarpa'' L.B.Sm. - Guerrero
* '' Hechtia mexicana'' L.B.Sm. - Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
* '' Hechtia michoacana'' Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Michoacán
* '' Hechtia minuta'' Hern-Cárdenas, Espejo & López-Ferr. - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia montana'' Brandegee - Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa
* '' Hechtia mooreana'' L.B.Smith - Guerrero
* '' Hechtia myriantha'' Mez - Veracruz
* '' Hechtia nuusaviorum'' Espejo & López-Ferrari - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia oaxacana'' Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia pedicellata'' S.Watson - Jalisco
* '' Hechtia perotensis'' I.Ramírez & Martínez-Correa - Puebla
* '' Hechtia podantha'' Mez - Coahuila, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Puebla
* '' Hechtia pretiosa'' Espejo & López-Ferrari - Guanajuato
* '' Hechtia pringlei'' B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia pueblensis'' Burt-Utley, Utley & García-Mend. - Puebla
* ''Hechtia pumila
''Hechtia pumila'' is a species of plant in the genus ''Hechtia''. This species is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to ...
'' Burt-Utley & J. Utley - Guerrero
* '' Hechtia purpusii'' Brandegee - Veracruz
* '' Hechtia reflexa'' L.B.Sm. - Michoacán, Guerrero
* '' Hechtia reticulata'' L.B.Sm. - Colima
* '' Hechtia rosea'' E.Morren ex Baker - Hidalgo, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
* '' Hechtia roseana'' L.B.Sm. - Puebla, Oaxaca
* '' Hechtia schottii'' Baker ex Hemsley - Campeche, Yucatán
* '' Hechtia sphaeroblasta'' B.L.Rob. - Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla
* '' Hechtia stenopetala'' Klotzsch - Hidalgo, Veracruz
* '' Hechtia suaveolens'' E. Morren ex Mez - home range unknown; probably extinct
* '' Hechtia subalata'' L.B.Smith - Durango, Nayarit
* '' Hechtia texensis'' S.Watson - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Texas
* '' Hechtia tillandsioides'' (André) L.B.Sm. - Hidalgo, México State
* '' Hechtia zamudioi'' Espejo, López-Ferrari & I.Ramírez - Querétaro
References
External links
BSI Genera Gallery
photos
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Bromeliaceae genera
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch
Dioecious plants