Pitcairnia spicata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Pitcairnia
Species: Pitcairnia spicata

Name

Pitcairnia spicata (Lam.) Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 32: 234 (1935).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Bromelia spicata Lam., Encycl. 1: 146 (1783).
  • Homotypic
    • Hepetis spicata (Lam.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 974 (1896).
  • Heterotypic
    • Pitcairnia albucifolia Schrad., Blumenbachia: 24 (1827).
    • Billbergia purpurea Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 126 (1856).
    • Pitcairnia affinis K.Koch, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1857(App.): 5 (1857).
    • Hepetis albucifolia (Schrad.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 973 (1896).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Martinique (Mt. Pelée)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

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