Bromelia balansae Mez
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Filed As
Bromeliaceae
Bromelia balansae Mez -
Collector(s)
T. Morong 341, 25 Dec 1888
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Location
Paraguay. Asuncion. Central Paraguay.
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Specimen Notes
[Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2021.]
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 3854103
Occurrence ID: 4525abce-59a3-4ef4-ab8a-85606cbf204d
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Poales
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
South America
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Country
Paraguay
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State/Province
Asuncion
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Locality
Central Paraguay
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Location Notes
[South America]
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Distribution
PLANTS OF SOUTH AMERICA Collected by Thos. Morong, 1888-1890. SI Central Paraguay? . /____________Ly /S<^k^r Ulôuôa^Â^- NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 03854103 The New York Botanical Garden Named by J. G. Baker, Bromelia Pinguin, L., Sp. Pl., 285. Asuncion '(341). December* This plant has an immense rosette of numerous spine-tipped 1 leaves pointing in all directions, and bristling like so many lances, ; some of them l|m, in length, beset down the sides with upwardly hooked spines, forming a barrier which neither man nor "beast attempts to break through. The central part of this rosette is of a deep scarlet color, and can be seen from a long distance. Flowers purplish or bluish, closely arranged about a fleshy caudex, 10-12 cm. thick and 15-20 cm. high. Fruit a succulent, edible berry, 3 or 4 cm. long and 2 or 3 cm. in width, looking somewhat like a fig. The plant is known under the native name Garaguata, and is often called the wild pinè-apple. It is a noted object in Paraguay, as the leaves have been used time out of flûind by the natives for making I fishing-nets and lines, and a coarse, strong^cloth is woven out. of tfye fibres. It has also been used in recent yeawj the manufacture of j paper. The plants often cover the ground; foi^ acres. ___ Family Bromeliaceae, BROMELIA PINGUIN L, Asuncion, Central Paraguay, Collected by THOMAS MORONG, December 25, 1888. Columbia University Collection 03854103
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Bromelia balansae Mez