Pitcairnia maidifolia (C.Morren) Decne. ex Planch.
First published in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 9: 151 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central America to Suriname and Ecuador. It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Venezuela
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Hepetis maidifolia (C.Morren) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 974 (1896)
- Lamproconus maidifolia (C.Morren) Jacob-Makoy in Prix Cour. Pl. Nouv. 120: 23 (1879)
- Neumannia maidifolia (C.Morren) K.Koch in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1856(App.): 2 (1856)
- Puya maidifolia C.Morren in Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 5: 453 (1849)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Hepetis funckiana (A.Dietr.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 973 (1896)
- Hepetis oerstediana Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 974 (1896)
- Phlomostachys funckiana (A.Dietr.) Beer in Fam. Bromel.: 47 (1856)
- Pitcairnia funckiana A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 337 (1851)
- Pitcairnia macrocalyx Hook. in Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4705 (1853)
- Pitcairnia oerstediana (Mez) Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 32: 268 (1935)
- Pitcairnia zeifolia K.Koch in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 11 (1855)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Gouda, E.J. (2009). Studies on the Flora of the Guianas: the genus Pitcairnia (Bromeliaceae). Selbyana 30: 80-88.
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1969 | Prance, G.T. [9896], Brazil | K000973307 | Yes | ||
| Sandwith, N.Y. [1388], Guyana | 22394.000 | No | |||
| Hooker [s.n.] | K000321613 | holotype | Yes | ||
| K000321558 | Unknown type material | Yes | |||
| Hooker [s.n.] | K000321612 | holotype | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0