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 caulescent. Leaves spreading, to 1 m long; sheaths ovate, 8 cm long, entire, dark castaneous with narrow pale margins, very sparsely appressed-lepidote beneath; blades linear, acuminate, slightly narrowed toward base, to 16 mm wide, obscurely serrulate toward base and apex, glabrous. Scapes lateral, 4 cm long. Inflorescences subglobose, 35 mm long, few-flowered, depauperately compound with 1-2-flowered branches; outer (scape- and primary) bracts broadly ovate, acute, to 30 mm long, bearing a few curved teeth near apex, dark castaneous with narrow pale margins, glabrous. Floral bracts lanceolate, mucronate, ca 2 cm long. Sepals lance-oblong, mucronate, 17 mm long, dark castaneous. Fruit ellipsoid, 2 cm long.
Description - Plant caulescent. Leaves spreading, to 1 m long; sheaths ovate, 8 cm long, entire, dark castaneous with narrow pale margins, very sparsely appressed-lepidote beneath; blades linear, acuminate, slightly narrowed toward base, to 16 mm wide, obscurely serrulate toward base and apex, glabrous. Scapes lateral, 4 cm long. Inflorescences subglobose, 35 mm long, few-flowered, depauperately compound with 1-2-flowered branches; outer (scape- and primary) bracts broadly ovate, acute, to 30 mm long, bearing a few curved teeth near apex, dark castaneous with narrow pale margins, glabrous. Floral bracts lanceolate, mucronate, ca 2 cm long. Sepals lance-oblong, mucronate, 17 mm long, dark castaneous. Fruit ellipsoid, 2 cm long.
Distribution:
Trujillo Venezuela South America|
Trujillo Venezuela South America|