Greigia collina L.B.Sm.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Terrestrial, growing in masses, short-caulescent; leaves many, sub-rosulate, 9-12 dm. long, the sheaths oblong, entire, dark castaneous at the base, the blade linear, acuminate, 28 mm. wide, narrowed at base and armed with dark teeth 5 mm. long, entire near the middle, densely serrulate toward the apex; inflorescences lateral, few-flowered, compressed, 5 cm. long; primary bracts broadly triangular-ovate, thick-subulate toward the apex, 4 cm. long, much exceeding the sepals, dark castaneous, sparsely white-lepidote, entire; floral bracts broadly lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, 24 mm. long, about equaling the sepals, dark castaneous except for the pale base and margins, nerved, sparsely appressed-white-Iepidote; flowers sessile; sepals elliptic, 15 mm. long, pale castaneous, sparsely lepidote; ovary sparsely ferruginous-lepidote.