Forzzaea
{{short description|Genus of Bromeliaceae plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Cryptanthus warasii 20090621.jpg
|image_caption = Forzzaea warasii here labeled as Cryptanthus warasii
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|taxon = Forzzaea
|authority = Leme, S.Heller & ZizkaPhytotaxa 318(1): 66 (2017)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
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Forzzaea is a genus of eu-bromelioids in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil, and described in 2017.{{cite journal |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.430.3.2 |title=Miscellaneous new species in the "Cryptanthoid complex" (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) from Eastern Brazil |year=2020 |last1=Leme |first1=Elton M.C. |last2=Ribeiro |first2=Otávio B.C. |last3=Souza |first3=Fernanda Vidigal D. |last4=de Souza |first4=Everton Hilo |last5=Kollmann |first5=Ludovic J.C. |last6=Fontana |first6=André P. |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=430 |issue=3 |pages=157–202 }}
Species
Currently accepted species include:
- Forzzaea coutensis Leme & O.B.C. Ribeiro
- Forzzaea flavipetala Leme & O.B.C. Ribeiro
- Forzzaea leopoldo-horstii (Rauh) Leme, S.Heller & Zizka
- Forzzaea micra (Louzada, Wand. & Versieux) Leme, S.Heller & Zizka
- Forzzaea pseudomicra Leme & O.B.C. Ribeiro
- Forzzaea viridifolia Leme & O.B.C. Ribeiro
- Forzzaea warasii (E.Pereira) Leme, S.Heller & Zizka