Navia lopezii L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Saxicolous, scandent; stem stout; leaves densely many-ranked, sheaths broadly ovate, about 2 cm. long, nerved, dark castaneous, lustrous; blades sublinear, flat, to 22 cm. long, slightly contracted at base, acuminate toward apex and involute-subulate for a short distance, with a narrow brown cartilaginous margin, beneath very minutely and obscurely white-lepidote; inflorescence terminal, sessile, dense, globose from a few few-flowered fascicles; outer bracts oblong, broadly acute; floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, ample, subcoriaceous; flowers sessile; sepals free, linear, acuminate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, the anterior sepal flat, the two posterior alate-carinate; petal-blades 1 cm, long, exceeding the stamens.