''Vellozia andina'' is a species of plant in the order
Pandanales
Pandanales, the pandans or screw-pines, is an order of flowering plants placed in the monocot clade in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and Angiosperm Phylogeny Web systems. Within the monocots Pandanales are grouped in the lilioid monocots wh ...
.
[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.]
Distribution
The plant is native to the Central
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
mountains, within the
Department of Santa Cruz
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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, in
Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
, South America.
Description
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 A resurrection plant is any poikilohydric plant that can survive extreme dehydration, even over months or years.
Examples include:
* ''Anastatica hierochuntica'', also known as the Rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa ...
.
References
External links
PlantList.org
Velloziaceae
Flora of Bolivia
Flora of the Andes
Plants described in 2001
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