Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker

  • Filed As

    Bromeliaceae
    Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker

  • Collector(s)

    T. Morong 523, 20 Jan 1889

  • Location

    Paraguay. Caballero.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04230065

    Occurrence ID: f3e6989b-3c46-4bc8-90ec-312a2f5f25f5

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Poales

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • All Determinations

    Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker det G. K. Brown, 2005
    Note: ! Ana Paula Gelli de Faria (RM) 2004

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HERBARIUM (RM)
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker
DET. GREGORY K. BROWN
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04230065
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BOTANICAL
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jEchmea bromeliaefolia (Rudge), Baker in Benth. and Hook. Gen,
Caballero (523). January.
Growing as an epiphyte upon trees in damp woods at Caballero
It is a very large plant, with a rosette of 12-20 silvery-green leaves
at the base, which with the stem reach a height of 1-1^ m. Leaves
3 dm. long and 5-8 cm. vride, the margins unarmed, bluntly pointed
at the apex. Peduncle about 3 dm. long. Flowers purplish, in
a cylindrical or somewhat conical spike, 5-8 cm. long and 24 cm.
thick, imbedded in a white cottony tomentum. The peduncle bears
5 or . 6 foliaceous, acuminate bracts, 8 or 10 cm. long, which are
somewhat silvery woolly. A striking plant.
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PLANTS OK SOUTH AMERICA
y^ollected by Thos. Morong, 1888-1890.
/ //	CentraL-Baraguay.	//
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