Taxon Details: Chevaliera magdalenae André
Taxon Profile:
 | The Plant List |
 | International Plant Name Index |
 | Tropicos |
 | Catalogue of Life |
 | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
 | JSTOR Types |
| JSTOR |
 | BHL |
 | Encyclopedia of Life |
 | WikiSpecies |
 | Google Scholar |
 | PubMed |
 | Morphbank |
 | IUCN |
 | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
 | Barcode of Life |
Narratives:
Family:
Bromeliaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Bromeliaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Chevaliera magdalenae André
Chevaliera magdalenae André
Primary Citation:
Enum. Bromel. 3. 1888
Enum. Bromel. 3. 1888
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Common Names:
piñuela
piñuela
Description:
Author : Juan Francisco Morales, Xavier Cornejo & Reinaldo Aguilar.
Description: Terrestrial herbs to 3 m tall, forming funnelform rosettes, growing in dense clumps, stoloniferous. Blades strap-like, 180-300 x 4.5-8 cm, the margins loosely armed with dark uncinate spines, the apex acute. Scapes erect, 30-65 cm long, stout, white-flocculose when young; scape bracts foliaceous, greatly exceeding internodes, the upper ones massed below inflorescence and reflexed, the margins serrate. Inflorescences simple or more often compound, compact, broadly pyramidal, 10-21 cm long; spikes sessile, globose, ca. 12 cm in diam.; floral bracts 3.5-9 cm long, reddish, the margins densely spinose-serrate. Flowers polystichously arranged, sessile; sepals asymmetric, narrowly triangular, 34-39 mm long, the apex acuminate, sharply pointed; petals clawed, ca. 4 cm long, yellow, bearing 2 minute truncate scales well above base, the apex acute. Fruits berries.
Common names: Pita (Smith & Downs, 1979).
Distribution: Mexico to Ecuador from sea level to 1300 m (Smith & Downs, 1979; Manzanares, 2002).
Ecology: In moist to wet forests. This is a terrestrial litter trapping species (Weissenhofer et al., 2008).
Phenology: This species has been observed with flowers in Jan, May to Oct and Dec (Morales, 2003).
Pollination: No observations recorded.
Dispersal: No observations recorded.
Taxonomic notes: This species is recognized by its terrestrial habit; large size and aspect (resembling the genus Bromelia); compact inflorescences bearing polystichously arranged flowers; and conspicuous floral bracts (Morales, 2003).
Conservation: Not recorded.
Uses: This species is sometimes planted as a living fence because the strong spines on the leaves make it impenetrable (Manzanares, 2002).
Etymology: The epithet refers to the type locality along the banks of Magdalena river, Colombia (Smith & Downs, 1979).
Author : Juan Francisco Morales, Xavier Cornejo & Reinaldo Aguilar.
Description: Terrestrial herbs to 3 m tall, forming funnelform rosettes, growing in dense clumps, stoloniferous. Blades strap-like, 180-300 x 4.5-8 cm, the margins loosely armed with dark uncinate spines, the apex acute. Scapes erect, 30-65 cm long, stout, white-flocculose when young; scape bracts foliaceous, greatly exceeding internodes, the upper ones massed below inflorescence and reflexed, the margins serrate. Inflorescences simple or more often compound, compact, broadly pyramidal, 10-21 cm long; spikes sessile, globose, ca. 12 cm in diam.; floral bracts 3.5-9 cm long, reddish, the margins densely spinose-serrate. Flowers polystichously arranged, sessile; sepals asymmetric, narrowly triangular, 34-39 mm long, the apex acuminate, sharply pointed; petals clawed, ca. 4 cm long, yellow, bearing 2 minute truncate scales well above base, the apex acute. Fruits berries.
Common names: Pita (Smith & Downs, 1979).
Distribution: Mexico to Ecuador from sea level to 1300 m (Smith & Downs, 1979; Manzanares, 2002).
Ecology: In moist to wet forests. This is a terrestrial litter trapping species (Weissenhofer et al., 2008).
Phenology: This species has been observed with flowers in Jan, May to Oct and Dec (Morales, 2003).
Pollination: No observations recorded.
Dispersal: No observations recorded.
Taxonomic notes: This species is recognized by its terrestrial habit; large size and aspect (resembling the genus Bromelia); compact inflorescences bearing polystichously arranged flowers; and conspicuous floral bracts (Morales, 2003).
Conservation: Not recorded.
Uses: This species is sometimes planted as a living fence because the strong spines on the leaves make it impenetrable (Manzanares, 2002).
Etymology: The epithet refers to the type locality along the banks of Magdalena river, Colombia (Smith & Downs, 1979).