Abstract

ESPEJO-SERNA, Adolfo; LOPEZ-FERRARI, Ana Rosa; CEJA-ROMERO, Jacqueline  and  MENDOZA-RUIZ, Aniceto. A new species of Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) from the Cañon de Escahuasco, Puebla, Mexico. Act. Bot. Mex [online]. 2011, n.96, pp.73-77. ISSN 2448-7589.

Tillandsia escahuascensis, a saxicolous species from the Cañón de Escahuasco, municipio de Tetela de Ocampo, Puebla, Mexico, is described and illustrated. The new taxon shares some similarities with T. parryi and T. suesilliae, but it is easily distinguished by its 2-3 branched inflorescences with very narrowly oblong to linear and long stipitate spikes.

Keywords : Bromeliaceae; Puebla; taxonomy; Tillandsia.