Pitcairnia bifrons (Lindl.) Read
First published in Phytologia 19: 277 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Guadeloupe, St. Kitts. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Leeward Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Billbergia bifrons Lindl. in J. Hort. Soc. London 8: 54 (1853)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Hepetis fulgens Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 973 (1896)
- Pitcairnia bracteata Aiton in Hortus Kew. 2: 202 (1811)
- Pitcairnia bracteata var. commutata (Regel) Regel in Gartenflora 17: 8 (1868)
- Pitcairnia bracteata var. fulgens Regel in Gartenflora 2: 163 (1853)
- Pitcairnia bracteata var. gireoudiana (A.Dietr.) Beer in Fam. Bromel.: 51 (1856)
- Pitcairnia commutata Regel in Gartenflora 17: 8 (1868)
- Pitcairnia fulgens Decne. ex A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 137 (1851), nom. illeg.
- Pitcairnia gireoudiana A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 105 (1853)
- Pitcairnia latifolia Redouté in Liliac. 2: t. 73 (1804), sensu auct.
- Pitcairnia racemosa Woodf. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1245 (1830), not validly publ.
- Pitcairnia spicata f. latior L.B.Sm. in Phytologia 15: 196 (1967)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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