Guzmania obtusiloba 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. Lehmann XX (holotype G-B, US photo; isotype BM), Amalfi on road to Carolina, Antioquia, Colombia, 23 Sept 1884.
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Synonyms
Sodiroa andreana Wittm.
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Description
Description - Stem to 1 m long but only a few millimeters in diameter. Leaves evenly and densely distributed along the stem, about 16 cm long; sheaths subelliptic, imbricate, dark-castaneous, minutely brown-punctulate-lepidote; blades suberect to spreading, very narrowly triangular, acuminate, 4 mm wide, chartaceous, glabrous above, minutely appressed-lepidote below. Inflorescence sessile, shorter or longer than the upper leaves, simple, to 5-flowered, corymbose. Floral bracts erect, ample, broadly ovate, apiculate, 25 mm long, shorter than the sepals, membranaceous, bright red; pedicels slender, 8 mm long. Sepals membranaceous, connate into a slender tube for 15 mm, glabrous, reddish-yellow, the free lobes broadly elliptic, obtuse; petals bright yellow, highly connate, the free lobes elliptic, obtuse; stamens slightly shorter than the petals; filaments adnate to the petals for most of their length; pistil barely exserted. Capsule slenderly clavate, 25 mm long; coma flavescent.
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Distribution
Terrestrial in dense forest, 1300-2000 m alt, Costa Rica, Colombia.
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