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:
Guzmania urbaniana Mez, Thecophyllum urbanianum (Mez) Mez
Guzmania urbaniana Mez, Thecophyllum urbanianum (Mez) Mez
Description:
Description - Plant stemless, to 5 dm high. Leaves 10-20 in a dense crateriform rosette, mostly erect, 3 dm long; sheaths distinct, elliptic, brown toward the base, densely and finely immersed-lepidote; blades ligulate, acute, 3-4 cm wide, glabrous, green. Scape erect, stout; scape-bracts strict, densely imbricate, foliaceous. Inflorescence few-flowered, to 11 cm long and equally thick; primary bracts suberect, elliptic and probably red with a triangular, green, punctulate-lepidote blade, ample, much exceeding the axillary flowers; branches aborted. Floral bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse, 3 cm long, chartaceous; flowers 2 in each axil, collateral, on short, very stout pedicels. Sepals 8 mm long, 10 mm wide, ligneous-coriaceous.
Description - Plant stemless, to 5 dm high. Leaves 10-20 in a dense crateriform rosette, mostly erect, 3 dm long; sheaths distinct, elliptic, brown toward the base, densely and finely immersed-lepidote; blades ligulate, acute, 3-4 cm wide, glabrous, green. Scape erect, stout; scape-bracts strict, densely imbricate, foliaceous. Inflorescence few-flowered, to 11 cm long and equally thick; primary bracts suberect, elliptic and probably red with a triangular, green, punctulate-lepidote blade, ample, much exceeding the axillary flowers; branches aborted. Floral bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse, 3 cm long, chartaceous; flowers 2 in each axil, collateral, on short, very stout pedicels. Sepals 8 mm long, 10 mm wide, ligneous-coriaceous.
Distribution:
Saba South America| Montserrat South America| Guadeloupe South America| Dominica South America|
Saba South America| Montserrat South America| Guadeloupe South America| Dominica South America|