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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Hechtia |accepted_authority=Klotzsch |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Allgemeine Gartenzeitung |place=3: 401. 1835 |year=1835 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Bromeliaceae;Hechtia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bromeliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hechtia]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;stem architecture;stem prominence"><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial or among or on rocks, caulescent or without evident stems, occasionally stoloniferous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf course;leaf shape"><b>Leaves </b>rosulate, straight to falcate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade shape;margin architecture or shape">blade narrowly triangular, margins spinose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>lateral [terminal or lateral], many-flowered, simple or compound and paniculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="branch architecture;branch shape">branches capitate to lax and elongate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="floral bract width;floral bract prominence">floral bracts broad [broad to narrow], conspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower growth form;flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>dimorphic, functionally unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal fusion;sepal architecture or shape">sepals distinct, symmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="filament petal architecture;filament petal fusion;filament petal fusion;petal arrangement">staminate petals distinct or appearing briefly connate basally from adnation of filaments to adjacent petals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen position;stamen position">stamens included or exserted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments adnate [free or adnate] to petals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal architecture;petal fusion;petal shape;petal shape">pistillate petals distinct, triangular or ovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary position">ovary largely superior to largely inferior.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule dehiscence"><b>Capsules </b>ovoid, dehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed architecture;seed architecture;seed architecture;appendage shape;appendage presence"><b>Seeds </b>narrowly winged to almost wingless, plumose appendages absent.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America |discussion=<p>The Texas species are unusual in their scaly capsules and flowers with scaly sepals, petals, and ovaries.</p><!-- --><p>Species ca. 50 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=burt-utley1987a |text=Burt-Utley, K. and J. F. Utley. 1987. Contributions toward a revision of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae). Brittonia 39: 37--43. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Staminate flowers with sepals 2.5–4 mm, petals 3.5–4.5 mm; pistillate flowers with sepals 3–4 mm, petals 4.5–5 mm; capsules 6–8.5 |[[Hechtia glomerata|Hechtia glomerata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Staminate flowers with sepals 4.5–5 mm, petals 7.5–9 mm; pistillate flowers with sepals 4.5–7 mm, petals 7.5–9 mm; capsules 8.5–12.5 mm |[[Hechtia texensis|Hechtia texensis]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Hechtia |author=Kathleen Burt-Utley;John F. Utley |authority=Klotzsch |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Bromeliaceae |distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America |reference=burt-utley1987a |publication title=Allgemeine Gartenzeitung |publication year=1835 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_514.xml |genus=Hechtia |appendage presence=absent |appendage shape=plumose |blade shape=triangular |branch architecture=capitate;lax |branch shape=elongate |capsule dehiscence=dehiscent |capsule shape=ovoid |filament fusion=adnate |filament petal architecture=staminate |filament petal fusion=appearing briefly connate basally from adnation;distinct |floral bract prominence=conspicuous |floral bract width=broad |flower architecture=pistillate;staminate |flower growth form=dimorphic |flower reproduction=unisexual |inflorescence architecture=compound;simple;many-flowered |inflorescence arrangement=paniculate |inflorescence position=lateral |leaf arrangement=rosulate |leaf course=straight |leaf shape=falcate |margin architecture or shape=spinose |ovary position=largely superior;largely inferior |petal architecture=pistillate |petal arrangement=adjacent |petal fusion=distinct |petal shape=ovate;triangular |seed architecture=wingless;winged to almost;winged |sepal architecture or shape=symmetric |sepal fusion=distinct |stamen position=exserted;included |stem architecture=caulescent |stem prominence=evident |whole_organism architecture=stoloniferous |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism growth form or habitat=without among or on rocks , caulescent or evident stems;terrestrial }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Bromeliaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Bromeliaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Hechtia.