Dyckia
Dyckia is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae.
The genus is named after the Prussian botanist, botanical artist and horticulturist The Prince and Earl of Salm Reifferscheid-Dyck.
Dyckias, with stiff and thorny leaves, prefer rocky and/or sunny areas and have a natural tendency to clump leading to thick, large mats.
The subfamily Pitcairnioideae contains several "terrestrial" members of the Bromeliaceae, with cultivated genera including Dyckia, Hechtia, Pitcairnia and Puya. They are endemic to arid and high-altitude regions of Brazil and the central part of South America.
Species
Dyckia acutiflora Leme & Z.J.G.Miranda - GoiásDyckia affinis Baker - ParaguayDyckia agudensis Irgang & Sobral - Rio Grande do SulDyckia alba Winkler - Rio Grande do SulDyckia areniticola Leme - Mato GrossoDyckia atratiflora P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf - GoiásDyckia aurea L.B. Smith - GoiásDyckia barthlottii R.Vásquez & Ibisch - BoliviaDyckia beateae E. Gross & Rauh - Mato GrossoDyckia beloisae L.B.Sm. - Minas GeraisDyckia brachyphylla L.B. Smith - Minas GeraisDyckia brachystachya Rauh & E. Gross - BahiaDyckia bracteata Mez - Minas Gerais, Espírito SantoDyckia brasiliana L.B. Smith - Brasília Dyckia braunii Rauh - GoiásDyckia brevifolia Baker - from Paraná to Santa CatarinaDyckia burchellii Baker - Bahia, GoiásDyckia burle-marxii L.B. Smith & R.W. Read - BahiaDyckia cabrerae L.B. Smith & Reitz - from Paraná to Santa CatarinaDyckia cangaphila P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf - GoiásDyckia choristaminea Mez - Rio Grande do SulDyckia cinerea Mez - Minas Gerais, Espírito SantoDyckia commixta Hassler - Paraguay, ParanáDyckia consimilis Mez - Minas GeraisDyckia coximensis L.B. Smith & Reitz - Mato GrossoDyckia crassifolia Rauh - BoliviaDyckia crocea L.B. Smith - ParanáDyckia dawsonii L.B. Smith - GoiásDyckia delicata Larocca & Sobral - Rio Grande do SulDyckia deltoidea L.B. Smith - ParanáDyckia densiflora Schultes f. - Minas GeraisDyckia dissitiflora Schultes f. - Piauí, Minas GeraisDyckia distachya Hassler - Paraguay, BrazilDyckia domfelicianensis T. Strehl - Rio Grande do SulDyckia duckei L.B. Smith - Pará, MaranhãoDyckia dusenii L.B. Smith - Paraná, Santa CatarinaDyckia edwardii P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf - GoiásDyckia elata Mez - Minas GeraisDyckia elisabethae Winkler - Rio Grande do SulDyckia elongata Mez - BahiaDyckia eminens Mez - GoiásDyckia encholirioides Mez - São Paulo, Santa CatarinaDyckia espiritosantensis Leme & A.P.Fontana - Espírito SantoDyckia estevesii Rauh - Mato GrossoDyckia excelsa Leme - Mato GrossoDyckia exserta L.B. Smith - Brazil, Paraguay Dyckia ferox Mez - Mato Grosso, Argentina, Bolivia, ParaguayDyckia ferruginea Mez - Mato GrossoDyckia floribunda Grisebach - ArgentinaDyckia formosensis Leme & Z.J.G.Miranda - GoiásDyckia fosteriana L.B. Smith - ParanáDyckia frigida Hooker f. - ParanáDyckia glabrifolia Leme & O.B.C.Ribeiro - Minas GeraisDyckia glandulosa L.B. Smith & Reitz - Minas GeraisDyckia goehringii E. Gross & Rauh - Minas GeraisDyckia goiana L.B. Smith - GoiásDyckia gouveiana Leme & O.B.C.Ribeiro - Minas GeraisDyckia gracilis Mez - Argentina, BoliviaDyckia grandidentata P.J.Braun & Esteves - Mato Grosso do SulDyckia granmogulensis Rauh - Minas GeraisDyckia hatschbachii L.B. Smith - ParanáDyckia hebdingii L.B. Smith - Rio Grande do SulDyckia hohenbergioides Leme & E. Esteves - BahiaDyckia horridula Mez - BrazilDyckia ibicuiensis T. Strehl - Rio Grande do SulDyckia ibiramensis Reitz - Santa CatarinaDyckia insignis Hassler - ParaguayDyckia irmgardiae L.B. Smith - Rio Grande do SulDyckia irwinii L.B. Smith - Mato GrossoDyckia joanae-marcioi P.J.Braun, Esteves & Scharf - Minas GeraisDyckia jonesiana Strehl - Rio Grande do SulDyckia julianae T. Strehl - Rio Grande do SulDyckia kranziana Leme - Mato GrossoDyckia lagoensis Mez - Minas GeraisDyckia leptostachya Baker - Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, ArgentinaDyckia limae L.B. Smith - PernambucoDyckia lindevaldae Rauh - GoiásDyckia linearifolia Baker - BrazilDyckia lunaris Leme - GoiásDyckia lutziana L.B. Smith - São PauloDyckia macedoi L.B. Smith - Minas GeraisDyckia machrisiana L.B. Smith - GoiásDyckia macropoda L.B. Smith - Minas GeraisDyckia maracasensis Ule - BahiaDyckia maritima Baker - southern BrazilDyckia marnier-lapostollei L.B. Smith - Minas Gerais, GoiásDyckia martinellii B.R. Silva & Forzza - Rio de JaneiroDyckia mauriziae Esteves & Hofacker - GoiásDyckia mello-barretoi L.B. Smith - Minas GeraisDyckia mezii KrappDyckia microcalyx Baker - Misiones, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, ParaguayDyckia milagrensis Leme - BahiaDyckia minarum Mez - from Goiás to Santa CatarinaDyckia mirandana Leme & Z.J.G.Miranda - GoiásDyckia mitis Castellanos - MisionesDyckia montezumensis Leme - Minas GeraisDyckia monticola L.B. Smith & Reitz - Minas Gerais, Santa CatarinaDyckia nana Leme & O.B.C.Ribeiro - Minas GeraisDyckia nervata Rauh - BahiaDyckia niederleinii Mez - MisionesDyckia nigrospinulata Strehl - Rio Grande do SulDyckia odorata L.B. Smith - GoiásDyckia orobanchoides Mez - Minas GeraisDyckia paraensis L.B. Smith - Pará, Mato GrossoDyckia pauciflora L.B. Smith & R.W. Read - GoiásDyckia paucispina Leme & E. Esteves - Mato Grosso do SulDyckia pectinata L.B. Smith & Reitz - Minas GeraisDyckia pernambucana L.B. Smith - PernambucoDyckia platyphylla L.B. Smith - BahiaDyckia polycladus L.B. Smith - Rio Grande do SulDyckia pottiorum Leme - Mato Grosso do SulDyckia princeps Lemaire - Minas GeraisDyckia pseudococcinea L.B. Smith - Rio de JaneiroDyckia pulquinensis Wittmack - Bolivia Dyckia pumila L.B. Smith - GoiásDyckia racemosa Baker - GoiásDyckia racinae L.B. Smith - Rio Grande do SulDyckia ragonesei Castellanos - ArgentinaDyckia rariflora Schultes f. - Minas GeraisDyckia reitzii L.B. Smith - southern BrazilDyckia remotiflora Otto & Dietrich - Argentina, Uruguay, BrazilDyckia retardata Winkler - Rio Grande do SulDyckia retroflexa Winkler - Rio Grande do SulDyckia richardii P.J.Braun & Esteves - GoiásDyckia rigida T. Strehl - Rio Grande do SulDyckia rondonopolitana Leme - Mato GrossoDyckia rupestris W. Till & Morawetz - PernambucoDyckia saxatilis Mez - central BrazilDyckia schwackeana Mez - Minas GeraisDyckia secunda L.B. Smith -BahiaDyckia secundifolia Leme - Mato GrossoDyckia selloa Baker - southern BrazilDyckia sellowiana Mez - Brasília Dyckia sickii L.B. Smith - ParáDyckia silvae L.B. Smith - ParáDyckia simulans L.B. Smith - Minas GeraisDyckia sordida Baker - Minas GeraisDyckia spinulosa L.B. Smith & Reitz - Minas GeraisDyckia stenophylla L.B. Smith - GoiásDyckia stolonifera P.J.Braun & Esteves - Mato Grosso do SulDyckia subinermis Mez - MisionesDyckia tenebrosa Leme & H. Luther - Minas GeraisDyckia tenuis Mez - Goiás, Mato GrossoDyckia tobatiensis Hassler - ParaguayDyckia tomentella Mez - ParaguayDyckia trichostachya Baker - Minas Gerais, Espírito SantoDyckia tuberosa Beer - from Bahia to Rio Grande do SulDyckia tweediei Mez - Salta, Santiago del EsteroDyckia uleana Mez - GoiásDyckia ursina L.B. Smith - Minas GeraisDyckia velascana Mez - ArgentinaDyckia velloziifolia Mez - ParaguayDyckia vestita Hassler - ParaguayDyckia vicentensis Strehl - Rio Grande do SulDyckia virgata Mez - ParaguayDyckia waechteri Strehl - Rio Grande do SulDyckia walteriana Leme - ParanáDyckia warmingii Mez - Minas GeraisDyckia weddelliana Baker - Minas Gerais