Billbergia nutans

Billbergia nutans, or Queen's-tears, is an epiphytic bromeliad native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.[1][2][3][4]

Queen's-tears
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Billbergia
Subgenus: Billbergia subg. Billbergia
Species:
B. nutans
Binomial name
Billbergia nutans
Synonyms[1]
  • Billbergia linearifolia Baker
  • Billbergia minuta Mez
  • Billbergia schimperiana Wittm. ex Baker

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant.

Varieties

Two varieties are recognized:[1]

  1. Billbergia nutans var. nutans – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina
  2. Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana (Wittm. ex Baker) Mez – Brazil, Paraguay

Cultivars
  • Billbergia 'Albertii'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Baraquiniano-Nutans'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Beadleberg'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Blireiana'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Candy'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Carminea'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Elvenia Slosson'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Frau Pia Roesslein'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Hoelscheriana'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Intermedia'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Ivey Meyer'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Joseph Marechal'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Kahibah'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Leodiensis'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Lissom'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Marechalii'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Morreniana'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Pioupionii'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Rosea'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Rubro-Cyanea'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Salmonea'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Theodore L. Mead'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Ultrajactensis'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Vittato-Nutans'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Wantenii'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Windii'[5]
  • Billbergia 'Worleana'[5]
  • × Billmea 'Emma Francis Stewart'[5]
  • × Billnelia 'Fred Eichholtz'[5]
  • × Billnelia 'Perringiana'[5]
  • × Cryptbergia 'Mead'[5]
  • × Cryptbergia 'Pinkie'[5]
  • × Cryptbergia 'Red Burst'[5]
  • × Cryptbergia 'Rubra'[5]
  • × Neobergia 'Noddy'[5]
  • × Neobergia 'Perneri'[5]
  • × Nidbergia 'Chas Hodgson'[5]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  3. Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
  4. Versieux, L.M., Wendt, T., Batista Louzada, R. & das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M. (2008 publ. 2009). Bromeliaceae da Cadeia do Espinhaço. Megadiversidade 4: 98-110.
  5. BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009


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