Pitcairnia saxicola L.B.Sm.
First published in Contr. Gray Herb. 117: 29 (1937)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Chiapas) to Central America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Panamá
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Pitcairnia splendens Warsz. ex A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 176 (1851), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Pitcairnia lymanii Matuda in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 23: 99 (1953)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Nelson-Sutherland, C. (2010). Adiciones y Comentarios a la Flora de Honduras. Ceiba; a Scientific and Technical Journal Published by Zamorano 51: 70-88.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Nelson-Sutherland, C. (2010). Adiciones y Comentarios a la Flora de Honduras. Ceiba; a Scientific and Technical Journal Published by Zamorano 51: 70-88.
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