Guzmania pearcei (Baker) L.B.Sm.

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Guzmania pearcei (Baker) L.B.Sm.

  • Type

    Type. Pearce 416 (holotype K, GH photo), Rio Pastaza, Napo (?), Ecuador.

  • Synonyms

    Sodiroa pearcei Baker

  • Description

    Description - Stem to 1 m long, 2 mm in diameter. Leaves to 22 cm long, sheaths densely imbricate, ovate, 25 mm long, appressed-brown-lepidote becoming glabrous, blades linear, filiform-acuminate, flat, 2-4 mm wide. Scape distinct; scape-bracts elliptic, red with green blades. Inflorescence simple, involucrate; outer and floral bracts broadly elliptic, much exceeded by the sepals, red. Sepals 35-55 mm long, high-connate in a slender tube, the free lobes broadly ovate, yellow; petals much exceeding the sepals, green.

  • Distribution

    Terrestrial and epiphytic in cloud forest, 150-2400 m alt, Colombia, Ecuador.

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