Vriesea heterostachys (Baker) L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. (Le Joly in) Glaziou 13260 in part (holotype B, US photo; isotype P), (São Paulo), "southern Brazil."
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Synonyms
Vriesea incurvata Gaudich., Tillandsia inflata Mez, Tillandsia heterostachys Baker, Vriesea petropolitana L.B.Sm.
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Description
Description - Plant flowering 35 cm high, propagating by short ascending shoots. Leaves 15-30 in a dense rosette, suberect, to 38 cm long, obscurely Fine-lepidote; sheaths broadly elliptic, large, pale; blades ligulate, broadly acute and apiculate, slightly narrowed toward base, to 36 mm wide, green throughout, margins bearing spreading scales. Scape erect or ascending, much shorter than the leaves; scape-bracts densely imbricate, broadly elliptic. Inflorescence simple, elliptic or oblong, thick, few-flowered 15-20 cm long, 5-6 cm wide, subdense, glabrous or nearly so. Floral bracts ample with broadly curved margins and a very sharp curved keel, 4-5 cm long, incurved toward apex, orange, each less than half covered by the one below, exceeding the sepals; flowers short-pedicellate. Sepals narrowly elliptic, obtuse, to 38 mm long, strongly nerved when dry; petals to 45 mm long, yellow with a green apex, bearing 2 scales at base; stamens exserted.
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Distribution
In forest, from near sea level to 1300 m alt, Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais to São Paulo in eastern Brazil.
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