Guzmania virescens (Hook.) Mez
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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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Description
Description - Plant stemless, flowering 50-75 cm high. Leaves numerous, to 7 dm long, densely appressed-lepidote beneath; sheaths elliptic, indistinct; blades ligulate, acuminate, 2-3 cm wide. Scape erect, glabrous; scape-bracts strict, imbricate, elliptic with narrowly triangular blades, pale green with red stripes. Inflorescence bipinnate, lax, 15-20 cm long; primary bracts broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, much exceeded by the flowers; spikes spreading, densely 2-1-flowered. Floral bracts ovate, 15-20 mm long, centrally rugose; flowers subsessile. Sepals lanceolate or elliptic, to 25 mm long, short-connate; petals 5-6 cm long, stramineous.