Orthophytum
genus of plants
Orthophytum (Greek "ortho" = straight and "phytum" = plant) is a genus in the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae.
Distribution
All the species of the bromeliad genus are endemic to the Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlantica Brasileira), located in southeast Brazil.
Species are found in the Brazilian states of Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, and/or Pernambuco.
Due to recent advances in technology and DNA testing many of the original Orthophytum species and cultivars have been reclassified under new genera.
Species
As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
Transferred
Species transferred to other genera include:
Orthophytum albopictum Philcox → Sincoraea albopicta
Orthophytum amoenum (Ule) L.B.Sm. → Sincoraea amoena
Orthophytum burle-marxii L.B.Sm. & R.W. Read → Sincoraea burle-marxii
Orthophytum hatschbachii Leme → Sincoraea hatschbachii
Orthophytum heleniceae Leme → Sincoraea heleniceae
Orthophytum humile L.B.Sm. → Sincoraea humilis
Orthophytum itambense (Versieux & Leme) Louzada & Versieux → Lapanthus itambensis
Orthophytum mucugense Wanderley & Conceição → Sincoraea mucugensis
Orthophytum navioides (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm.
“Orthophytum” enters the record as genus of plants. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Orthophytum, genus and plants can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Orthophytum” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Orthophytum, genus and plants provides the most credible route into that argument.
Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q145879. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2022.
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