Pitcairnia altensteinii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Lem.

First published in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 2: 162 (1846)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is N. Venezuela. It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Venezuela

Hepetis altensteinii var. gigantea (Hook.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 973 (1896)
Lamproconus giganteus (Hook.) Lem. in Jard. Fleur. 2: t. 217 (1852)
Phlomostachys altensteinii var. gigantea (Hook.) Beer in Fam. Bromel.: 46 (1856)
Phlomostachys gigantea (Hook.) K.Koch in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1856(App.): 3 (1856)
Pitcairnia altensteinii var. gigantea (Hook.) K.Koch in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1857(App.): 4 (1858)
Pitcairnia altensteinii var. minor L.B.Sm. in Phytologia 13: 457 (1966)
Pitcairnia rhodostachys Hassk. in Acta Soc. Regiae Sci. Indo-Neêrl. 1: 8 (1856)
Pitcairnia undulatifolia Hook. in Bot. Mag. 72: t. 4241 (1846)
Puya altensteinii var. gigantea Hook. in Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4309 (1847)
Puya macrostachya A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 141 (1848)

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.

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