Pitcairnia lancifolia Mez
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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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Description
Description - Plant stemless, flowering about 4 dm high. Leaves few, fasciculate, about equaling the inflorescence, all alike, entire; sheaths broadly ovate, brown; petioles slender, to 7 cm long, deeply channeled; blades lanceolate, long-attenuate, 17 mm wide. Scape erect, slender, glabrous; scape-bracts few, lanceolate, acuminate, the upper slightly shorter than the internodes. Inflorescence densely racemose, few-flowered, 10 cm long, glabrous. Floral bracts narrowly ovate, acuminate, 2-6 times shorter than the pedicels, membranaceous; flowers erect; pedicels slender, to 2 cm long. Sepals narrowly triangular, attenuate, 24-35 mm long, 3.5 mm wide, ecarinate; petals linear, 55 mm long, naked, red; ovary 3/4 superior. Capsule slenderly ovoid; seeds caudate.