Monographs Details:
Authority:
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (1): 1-658. (Published by NYBG Press)
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (1): 1-658. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae
Synonyms:
Hepetis macranthera (André) Mez
Hepetis macranthera (André) Mez
Description:
Description - Stem erect, scandent, bearing widely separated fascicles of leaves, elsewhere covered with large triangular-oblong mucronate dark-castaneous buff-lepidote sheaths. Leaves 5-6 dm long, petiolate; sheaths small, broadly ovate; petioles short, rather densely serrate with dark spines 2 mm long, buff-lepidote; blades narrowly oblanceolate, acuminate, cuneate, 4-5 cm wide, entire, glabrous, reticulate beneath. Scape erect, 8 dm long; scape-bracts large, imbricate and tightly sheathing the scape, the lowest like those of the stem, the upper lanceolate, acuminate, green. Inflorescence cylindric, 16 cm long, 3-5 cm in diameter, the axis sparsely buff-lepidote. Floral bracts erect, densely imbricate, broadly ovate, acute, 48 mm long, even, glabrous, green; flowers 4-ranked; pedicels short but slender. Sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, uncinate, 6 cm long, much exceeding the bracts, glabrous; petals linear, acute, 12 cm long, about equaling the stamens, arcuate-recurved, white, bearing a serrate ligule at base; anthers 2 cm long; ovary 4/5 superior; ovules caudate.
Description - Stem erect, scandent, bearing widely separated fascicles of leaves, elsewhere covered with large triangular-oblong mucronate dark-castaneous buff-lepidote sheaths. Leaves 5-6 dm long, petiolate; sheaths small, broadly ovate; petioles short, rather densely serrate with dark spines 2 mm long, buff-lepidote; blades narrowly oblanceolate, acuminate, cuneate, 4-5 cm wide, entire, glabrous, reticulate beneath. Scape erect, 8 dm long; scape-bracts large, imbricate and tightly sheathing the scape, the lowest like those of the stem, the upper lanceolate, acuminate, green. Inflorescence cylindric, 16 cm long, 3-5 cm in diameter, the axis sparsely buff-lepidote. Floral bracts erect, densely imbricate, broadly ovate, acute, 48 mm long, even, glabrous, green; flowers 4-ranked; pedicels short but slender. Sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, uncinate, 6 cm long, much exceeding the bracts, glabrous; petals linear, acute, 12 cm long, about equaling the stamens, arcuate-recurved, white, bearing a serrate ligule at base; anthers 2 cm long; ovary 4/5 superior; ovules caudate.
Distribution:
Colombia South America| Valle Colombia South America| Nariño Colombia South America| Ecuador South America| Imbabura Ecuador South America|
Colombia South America| Valle Colombia South America| Nariño Colombia South America| Ecuador South America| Imbabura Ecuador South America|