Vellozia andina is a species of plant in the order Pandanales.[1]

Vellozia andina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Velloziaceae
Genus: Vellozia
Species:
V. andina
Binomial name
Vellozia andina
Ibisch, Vásquez & Nowicki, 2001

Distribution

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The plant is native to the Central Andes mountains, within the Department of Santa Cruz, in Bolivia, South America.

Description

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It is distinguished by its short, stout and trigonous stems and by the irregular pollen aggregates of more than eight grains.

It is a poikilohydrous and poikilochlorophyllous type of resurrection plant.

References

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  1. ^ Ibisch, Pierre L., et al. "Taxonomy and biology of Andean Velloziaceae: Vellozia andina sp. nov. and notes on Barbaceniopsis (including Barbaceniopsis castillonii comb. nov.)." Systematic Botany 26.1 (2001): 5-16.
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