Monographs Details:
Authority:
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae
Synonyms:
Platystachys anceps (Lodd.) Beer, Vriesea anceps (Lodd.) Lem., Tillandsia xiphostachys Baker, Phytarrhiza anceps (Lodd.) E.Morren, Vriesea schlechtendalii Wittm., Vriesea schlechtendalii var. alba Wittm., Tillandsia lineatifolia Mez, Tillandsia compressa Bertero ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Platystachys anceps (Lodd.) Beer, Vriesea anceps (Lodd.) Lem., Tillandsia xiphostachys Baker, Phytarrhiza anceps (Lodd.) E.Morren, Vriesea schlechtendalii Wittm., Vriesea schlechtendalii var. alba Wittm., Tillandsia lineatifolia Mez, Tillandsia compressa Bertero ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Description:
Description - Plant stemless. Leaves numerous, 15-40 cm long, equaling or exceeding the inflorescence, very densely and minutely pale-lepidote, green; sheaths triangular-ovate, longitudinally red-striate; blades recurving, narrowly triangular, 7-12 mm wide. Scape erect, stout, very short and almost completely hidden by the leaves; scape-bracts densely imbricate, ovate, acute or the lowest with an erect linear blade, much smaller than the floral bracts, coriaceous, even, glabrous. Inflorescence simple, elliptic, strongly complanate, 10-15 cm long, 55 mm wide, densely 10-20-flowered, glabrous. Floral bracts suberect, triangular, acute, to 4 cm long, sharply carinate, coriaceous, even, somewhat lustrous, green or pale rose with greenish margins; flowers short-pedicellate. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, acute, 3 cm long, coriaceous, even, equally subfree, carinate; petals more than twice as long as the sepals, the claw linear, white, the blade spreading, lance-elliptic, acute, blue or rarely white; stamens deeply included, exceeding the style. Capsule slenderly cylindric, shorter than the sepals.
Description - Plant stemless. Leaves numerous, 15-40 cm long, equaling or exceeding the inflorescence, very densely and minutely pale-lepidote, green; sheaths triangular-ovate, longitudinally red-striate; blades recurving, narrowly triangular, 7-12 mm wide. Scape erect, stout, very short and almost completely hidden by the leaves; scape-bracts densely imbricate, ovate, acute or the lowest with an erect linear blade, much smaller than the floral bracts, coriaceous, even, glabrous. Inflorescence simple, elliptic, strongly complanate, 10-15 cm long, 55 mm wide, densely 10-20-flowered, glabrous. Floral bracts suberect, triangular, acute, to 4 cm long, sharply carinate, coriaceous, even, somewhat lustrous, green or pale rose with greenish margins; flowers short-pedicellate. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, acute, 3 cm long, coriaceous, even, equally subfree, carinate; petals more than twice as long as the sepals, the claw linear, white, the blade spreading, lance-elliptic, acute, blue or rarely white; stamens deeply included, exceeding the style. Capsule slenderly cylindric, shorter than the sepals.
Distribution:
Guatemala Central America| Alta Verapaz Guatemala Central America| Izabal Guatemala Central America| Honduras Central America| Atlántida Honduras Central America| Nicaragua Central America| Bluefields Nicaragua Central America| Costa Rica South America| Guanacaste Costa Rica Central America| Puntarenas Costa Rica Central America| Limón Costa Rica Central America| Cartago Costa Rica Central America| Panama Central America| Coclé Panamá Central America| Canal Zone Panamá Central America| Norte de Santander Colombia South America| Colombia South America| Valle Colombia South America| Anzoátegui Venezuela South America| Venezuela South America| Miranda Venezuela South America| Distrito Federal Venezuela South America| Aragua Venezuela South America| Falcón Venezuela South America| Zulia Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Guyana South America| Demerara Guyana South America| Essequibo Guyana South America| Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Amapá Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America|
Guatemala Central America| Alta Verapaz Guatemala Central America| Izabal Guatemala Central America| Honduras Central America| Atlántida Honduras Central America| Nicaragua Central America| Bluefields Nicaragua Central America| Costa Rica South America| Guanacaste Costa Rica Central America| Puntarenas Costa Rica Central America| Limón Costa Rica Central America| Cartago Costa Rica Central America| Panama Central America| Coclé Panamá Central America| Canal Zone Panamá Central America| Norte de Santander Colombia South America| Colombia South America| Valle Colombia South America| Anzoátegui Venezuela South America| Venezuela South America| Miranda Venezuela South America| Distrito Federal Venezuela South America| Aragua Venezuela South America| Falcón Venezuela South America| Zulia Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Guyana South America| Demerara Guyana South America| Essequibo Guyana South America| Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Amapá Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America|