Monographs Details:
Authority:
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (3): 1493-2142. (Published by NYBG Press)
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1979. Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (3): 1493-2142. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae
Description:
Description - Plant growing in dense masses, 45-60 cm high. Leaves 30-45 cm long, the sheaths broadly elliptic, 5 cm long, dark castaneous, the blades linear, acuminate, 23 mm wide, narrowed at the base and bearing close-ranked slender spines 5 mm long, elsewhere sparsely and obscurely serrulate, tomentose-lepidote above, soon glabrous throughout. Inflorescences few-flowered, dense, compressed, 4 cm long; primary bracts broadly elliptic, thick-few-flowered, dense, compressed, 4 cm long; primary bracts broadly elliptic, thick-subulate at the apex, 25-30 mm long, much exceeding the sepals, the center and apex coriaceous and castaneous, elsewhere thin and green, sparsely appressed-brown-lepidote, the outer ones entire, the inner sometimes bearing a few minute teeth. Floral bracts broadly lanceolate, 22 mm long, membranaceous except for the thick-subulate apex, entire, sparsely lepidote; flowers sessile. Sepals triangular-ovate, acute, 11 mm long, thin, sparsely lepidote; petals 22 mm long, nearly white, lepidote outside.
Description - Plant growing in dense masses, 45-60 cm high. Leaves 30-45 cm long, the sheaths broadly elliptic, 5 cm long, dark castaneous, the blades linear, acuminate, 23 mm wide, narrowed at the base and bearing close-ranked slender spines 5 mm long, elsewhere sparsely and obscurely serrulate, tomentose-lepidote above, soon glabrous throughout. Inflorescences few-flowered, dense, compressed, 4 cm long; primary bracts broadly elliptic, thick-few-flowered, dense, compressed, 4 cm long; primary bracts broadly elliptic, thick-subulate at the apex, 25-30 mm long, much exceeding the sepals, the center and apex coriaceous and castaneous, elsewhere thin and green, sparsely appressed-brown-lepidote, the outer ones entire, the inner sometimes bearing a few minute teeth. Floral bracts broadly lanceolate, 22 mm long, membranaceous except for the thick-subulate apex, entire, sparsely lepidote; flowers sessile. Sepals triangular-ovate, acute, 11 mm long, thin, sparsely lepidote; petals 22 mm long, nearly white, lepidote outside.
Distribution:
Nariño Colombia South America|
Nariño Colombia South America|