Deuterocohnia meziana (Bromeliaceae): subspecies classification and the description of the new subspecies D. meziana subsp. vogtii from northern Paraguay Author Schütz, Nicole text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-03-06 162 1 18 30 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.162.1.2 journal article 309105 10.11646/phytotaxa.162.1.2 08eec707-cb74-462b-a59d-e75b48ce9708 1179-3163 5131931

TABLE 1. Selected morphological characters for differentiation between the four Deuterocohnia meziana subspecies and habitat related information.

Character	D. meziana subsp. meziana	D. meziana subsp. carmineo-viridiflora	D. meziana subsp. pedicellata	D. meziana subsp. vogtii
Leaf blade length	60–90 (–100) cm	40–70 cm	50–80 cm	30–60 cm
Flower length	25–35 mm	25–35 mm	23–28 mm	35–45 mm
Pedicel length	absent to 3 mm	absent to 3 mm	up to 10 (–15) mm	absent to 3 mm
Sepal colour	orange	rose, magenta, carmine-red	greenish	rose
Sepal length	11–14 mm	12–19 mm	7–10 mm	15–20 mm
Petal colour (all meziana subspecies with greenish tip)	orange-yellow	carmine-red	yellow	rose-magenta
Petal length	(20–) 25–35 (–38) mm	25–35 (–45) mm	20–25 mm	40–50 mm
Habitat	SE Bolivia, eastern slopes of the Andes, outcrops in the Chiquitania; W Brazil, Pantanal; NE Paraguay, along Rio Paraguay	C Bolivia, mountain range of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, Tucuman-Bolivian forest	C Bolivia, Inter-Andean dry valleys	N Paraguay, Gran Chaco
Elevation	150–1400 m	1300–2200 m	900–1400 m	100–300 m