Pitcairnia maidifolia (Decne.) C.Morren
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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. Funck & Schlim in Linden Hortus s n (n v, doubtfully preserved, but identification clear from plate).
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Synonyms
Puya maidifolia C.Morren, Puya funckiana Linden, Pitcairnia funckiana A.Dietr., Puya maydifolia Decne., Pitcairnia macrocalyx Hook., Phlomostachys densiflora (Brongn.) Beer, Phlomostachys funckiana (A.Dietr.) Beer, Neumannia maidifolia (C.Morren) K.Koch, Pitcairnia zeifolia K.Koch, Lamproconus maidifolius Lem. ex Baker, Vriesea tricolor Baker, Pitcairnia oerstediana Mez, Hepetis funckiana (A.Dietr.) Mez, Hepetis maidifolia (E.Morren) Mez, Hepetis oerstediana Mez
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Description
Description - Plant flowering to 1.3 m high. Leaves entire, persistent, the outer ones reduced to blackish sheaths, the inner well developed, about 10 in a fasciculate rosette; sheaths narrowly ovate, brown-lepidote; petioles to 2 dm long; blades lanceolate, acuminate, 5-10 dm long, 6-8 cm wide, glabrous at maturity. Scape erect, more or less furfuraceous; lower scape-bracts foliaceous, exceeding the internodes, the upper ovate, acuminate. Inflorescence simple, dense before anthesis, lax afterwards, few-many-flowered, subcyclindric, 10-45 cm long. Floral bracts broadly ovate, acute, 30-35 mm long, shorter than the sepals by anthesis, green or yellow often tinged with bright red, nerved, subchartaceous; flowers spreading at anthesis, often subsecund; pedicels to 1 cm long, slenderer than the ovary. Sepals asymmetric, broadly elliptic, obtuse, 26-30 mm long, ecarinate, green or yellow, glabrous; petals linear, broadly acute, decurved at anthesis, unequal, 5-6 cm long, barely exceeding the stamens, naked, white or greenish white; anthers 1 cm long; ovary almost wholly superior. Seeds long-caudate.
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Distribution
Terrestrial and saxicolous, forest, 240-2225 m alt, Honduras to Colombia and Suriname.
Honduras Central America| Morazán Honduras Central America| Costa Rica South America| San José Costa Rica Central America| Alajuela Costa Rica Central America| Colombia South America| Magdalena Colombia South America| Norte de Santander Colombia South America| Santander Colombia South America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Tolima Colombia South America| Valle Colombia South America| Meta Colombia South America| Nariño Colombia South America| Vaupés Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Distrito Federal Venezuela South America| Yaracuy Venezuela South America| Trujillo Venezuela South America| Mérida Venezuela South America| Barinas Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Essequibo Guyana South America| Suriname South America|