Pitcairnia juncoides 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. L. Williams 15048 (holotype, US), San Antonio, Amazonas, Venezuela, 27 Apr 1942.
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Description
Description - Plant flowering to 45 cm high; stem subterranean (?), short. Leaves all alike, fasciculate, to 34 cm long, entire; sheaths ovate, small, glabrous; blades linear, involute-subulate, ca. 7 mm wide at base, subpungent, covered with appressed white scales above, very obscurely punctulate beneath. Scape erect, slender, glabrous; scape-bracts small, remote. Inflorescence simple, laxly few-flowered, glabrous. Floral bracts ovate, 4 mm long; flowers subspreading, red; pedicels slender, 8-20 mm long. Sepals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 14 mm long, ecarinate, nerved; petals linear, obtuse, 32 mm long, naked; stamens included; ovary 3/5 superior; ovules alate.
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Distribution
Savannas and riverbanks, 121-175 m alt, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America|