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Résumé :
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Pothuava is a group of about 20 neotropical species treated here as a subgenus of Aechmea. The Brazilian taxa of Pothuava is revised and ten species are recognized: A. nudicaulis, A. pectinata, A. vanhoutteana, A. bocainensis, A. bruggeri, A. alopecurus, A. pineliana, A. triticina, A. omata, and A. squarrosa. New synonyms are proposed here: A. roberto-anselmii as a synonym of A. omata; A. cariocae of A. squarrosa; A. triticina var. capensis of A. pineliana; A. roberto-seidelii and A. guarapariensis of A. triticina. The species A. kleinii and A. pseudonudkaulis were removed from the subgenus Pothuava and transferred to die subgenus Ortgiesia. A key to all taxa is supplied along widi nomenclatural considerations, descriptions, drawings and geographic distribution maps.
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