''Gregbrownia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Bromeliaceae The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...

. It is native to

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

and northern

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. The genus name of ''Gregbrownia'' is in honour of Gregory K. Brown (b. 1951), an American botanist and specialist in Bromeliaceae. It was first described and published in

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vol.279 on page 40 in 2016. Known species, according to Kew: *'' Gregbrownia brownii'' , syn. ''Mezobromelia brownii'' H.Luther *'' Gregbrownia fulgens'' , syn. ''Mezobromelia fulgens'' L.B.Sm. *'' Gregbrownia hutchisonii'' , syn. ''Mezobromelia hutchisonii'' (L.B.Smi.) W.Weber & L.B.Sm. *'' Gregbrownia lyman-smithii'' , syn. ''Mezobromelia lyman-smithii'' Rauh & Barthlott

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q42811440 Tillandsioideae Bromeliaceae genera Plants described in 2016 Flora of Ecuador Flora of Peru