Lemeltonia

Lemeltonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.

Its native range is Central America to north-western Peru and Trinidad. It is found in the countries of Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.

The genus name of Lemeltonia is in honour of Elton Martinez Carvalho Leme (b. 1960), a Brazilian botanist and specialist in Brazilian Bromeliaceae at a herbarium in Rio de Janeiro. It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 41 in 2016.

Known species
According to Kew;
 * Lemeltonia acosta-solisii (Gilmartin) Barfuss & W.Till
 * Lemeltonia cornuta (Mez & Sodiro) Barfuss & W.Till
 * Lemeltonia dodsonii (L.B.Sm.) Barfuss & W.Till
 * Lemeltonia monadelpha (É.Morren) Barfuss & W.Till
 * Lemeltonia narthecioides (C.Presl) Barfuss & W.Till
 * Lemeltonia scaligera (Mez & Sodiro) Barfuss & W.Till
 * Lemeltonia triglochinoides (C.Presl) Barfuss & W.Till