Brocchinia acuminata L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Flowering plant 2 meters high; leaves in a bulbous rosette 25 cm. in diameter, 8 dm. long, sheatlis elliptic, 20 cm. wide, dark castaneous, subdensely appressed-white-lepidotc, blades 2-4 cm. wide, glabrous; scape straight, 2 cm. in diameter, its bracts foliaceous, the upper ones with sheaths shorter than the internodes; inflorescence amply paniculate, lax, 1 meter long, glabrous; primary bracts subfoliaceous; floral bracts broadly triangular; flowers subsessile, divergent, 9-12 mm. long; sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, cucullate, 4.5 mm. long; petals narrowly obovate; ovary terete, almost wholly inferior.