Pitcairnia densiflora Brongn. ex Lem.
First published in Hort. Universel 6: 228 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Veracruz, Puebla). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf
Recorded in error in:
Mexico Southwest
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Hepetis densiflora (Brongn. ex Lem.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 973 (1896)
- Phlomostachys densiflora (Brongn. ex Lem.) Beer in Fam. Bromel.: 46 (1856)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Lamproconus aurantiacus É.Morren ex Baker in Handb. Bromel.: 114 (1889), not validly publ.
- Pitcairnia aurantiaca Ten. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 2: 378 (1854)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Pulido-Esparza, V.A., López-Ferrari, A.R. & Espejo-Serna, A. (2004). Flora Bromeliológia del estado de Guerrero, México: riqueza y distribución. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 55-104.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Pulido-Esparza, V.A., López-Ferrari, A.R. & Espejo-Serna, A. (2004). Flora Bromeliológia del estado de Guerrero, México: riqueza y distribución. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 55-104.
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
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Kew Science Photographs
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