Pitcairnia kalbreyeri Baker
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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. Kalbreyer 1003 (holotype, K; photo, GH), Ocaña to Pamplona, Norte de Santander, Colombia, Jul 1879.
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Synonyms
Hepetis kalbreyeri (Baker) Mez
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Description
Description - Plant stemless, flowering over 2 m high. Leaves dimorphic, some much reduced with spiniform serrate blades, others elongate, their blades linear-lanceolate, attenuate, 4-7 cm wide, entire, more or less furfuraceous beneath, narrowed at base into an elongate serrate petiole. Scape erect, soon glabrous; scape-bracts lanceolate, acuminate, spinose-serrate. Inflorescence laxly racemose, elongate, soon glabrous. Floral bracts narrowly triangular, about equaling the pedicels; flowers spreading, slender; pedicels 15 mm long. Sepals narrowly triangular, 2 cm long, ecarinate, striate; petals linear, to 65 mm long, red or pink, naked or with minute auricles near the base; ovary 3/4 superior; ovules caudate.
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Distribution
Rainforest, 1200-1800 m alt, Panama and northern Colombia.
Panama Central America| Chiriquí Panamá Central America| Colombia South America| Antioquia Colombia South America|