Pitcairnia tuerckheimii Donn.Sm.
First published in Bot. Gaz. 13: 190 (1888)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Guatemala. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Hepetis tuerckheimii (Donn.Sm.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 974 (1896)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Pitcairnia tuerckheimii var. macrolepis L.B.Sm. in Lilloa 6: 383 (1941)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
- 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
- Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
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