Brocchinia cowanii L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1957. The Botany of the Guiana Highland -- Part II. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 (3): 235-392.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Florifera 4 dm alta; foliis multis, verisimiliter rosulatis, 14 cm longis, subtus dissite obscureque lepidotis, vaginis ellipticis, quam laminis vix latioribus, laminis ligulatis, acutis, apice subulato-incrassatis, 23 mm latis, supra laevibus sublucidisque; scapo ascendente, gracili; scapi bracteis erectis, internodia multo superantibus sed scapum paulo obtegentibus, e late ovato in apicem subulatum acuminatis; inflorescentia subdense bipinnata, angusta, 22 cm longa, squamis piliformibus minutis brunneis subdense obtecta; bracteis primariis eis scapi similibus, bases steriles breves ramorum paulo superantibus; ramis divergentibus, subdense florigeris, 6 cm longis, rhachi gracili, fere recta; bracteis florigeris ebase late ovata brevissima in apicem triangularem attenuatis, ovarium dimidio aequantibus, albis; pedicellis brevissimis; floribus patentibus; sepalis oblongis, acutis, 6 mm longis, petala staminaque aequantibus, albis; petalis ellipticis, acutis, albis; staminibus liberis; ovario paulo supero; stylis liberis; seminibus longe caudatis.
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Discussion
Fig. 24.
TYPE: flowers white, frequent in cumbre at 1250 m elev., Cerro Moriche, Rio Ventuari, Amazonas, Venezuela, January 15, 1951, B. Maguire, R. S. Cowan & J. J. Wurdack 30924.