Check List 10(2): 434-435, doi: 10.15560/10.2.434
Aechmea muricata (Arruda) L.B. Sm. (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae): A new record of a threatened species for Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil
expand article infoRaissa Magalhães‡, Leonardo M. Versieux‡, Alice Calvente‡
‡ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Corresponding author: Leonardo Versieux ( lversieux@yahoo.com.br )

© 2017 Raissa Magalhães, Leonardo Versieux, Alice Calvente.
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Citation: Versieux L, Magalhães R, Calvente A (2014) Aechmea muricata (Arruda) L.B. Sm. (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae): A new record of a threatened species for Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil. Check List 10(2): 434-435. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.2.434
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Abstract
This paper records the first occurrence of Aechmea muricata (Bromeliaceae, Bromelioideae) in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil. The taxon was found inside the Mata Estrela Private Reserve, Baía Formosa municipality, southern Rio Grande do Norte. This finding is important to increase the data about the Flora of Rio Grande do Norte, one of the poorest sampled states in Brazil so far, as well as to increase the knowledge about A. muricata distribution, since it is officially included in the Brazilian threatened species plant red list.
Keywords
Bromeliaceae; Bromelioideae; Rio Grande do Norte; Brazil; new record; threatened species