Fosterella schidosperma (Baker) L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (1): 1-658. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
TYPE. Lechler 2382 (holotype, CGE (?) n v, G; photo 25148, F), San Gabán, Puno, Peru, Jul 1854.
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Synonyms
Schidospermum sanseviera Griseb., Cottendorfia rusbyi Baker, Chlorophytum schidospermum Baker, Lindmania weberbaueri Mez, Fosterella weberbaueri (Mez) L.B.Sm.
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Description
Description - Plant flowering 9 dm high. Leaves about 8-12, laxly rosulate, entire, constricted above the sheath but not definitely petiolate; blade broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 25 cm long, 4 m wide, membranaceous, glabrous, light green when dry. Scape erect, slender, glabrous; scape-bracts ovate, acuminate, shorter than the internodes, entire. Inflorescence laxly bipinnate, 3 dm long, 75 mm in diameter, many-flowered, glabrous; primary bracts like the scape-bracts, many times shorter than the branches; branches curved-ascending, 8 cm long. Floral bracts ovate, acute, 1.5 mm long, shorter than the pedicels, erect; flowers nodding, rather obsucrely secund, 5 mm long, white. Sepals subtriangular, obtuse, half as long as the petals; petals subelliptic, acute, erect at anthesis; stamens included.
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Distribution
On rocks in rainforest, 600-1500 m alt, southern Peru to eastern Bolivia.
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