Neoregelia pineliana f. pineliana
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (3): 1493-2142. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Pinel in Hortus Ghent s n (LG, clonotype), Brazil.
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Synonyms
Nidularium pinelianum Lem., Karatas morreniana Antoine, Nidularium morrenianum (Antoine) Baker, Nidularium guyanense Brongn. ex Baker, Nidularium pulverulentum E.Morren ex Baker, Regelia morreniana Lindm., Aregelia morreniana Mez, Neoregelia morreniana (Antoine) L.B.Sm., Aregelia pineliana Mez
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Description
Species Description - Inflorescence fertile, terminal at the end of the stem, surrounded by reduced bright red leaves, many-flowered. Floral bracts oblong, obtuse, about equaling the sepals, strongly serrate, sparsely lepidote; pedicels long, slender; flowers 4-6 cm long. Sepals asymmetric, subelliptic, rounded and apiculate, 15-20 mm long, connate for 3.5-4 mm, glabrous; petals linear, subobtuse and apiculate, to 4 cm long, highly connate, dark blue toward apex; stamens included, the filaments highly adnate to the petals; ovary ellipsoid, the epigynous tube minute or lacking; placentae subapical; ovules obtuse.
Distribution and Ecology - Known only from cultivated material presumably descended from the type.
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Distribution
Brazil South America|