Wittmackia lingulata

Wittmackia lingulata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Wittmackia
Species: Wittmackia lingulata

Name

• Wittmackia lingulata (L.) Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 275 (1891).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Bromelia lingulata L., Sp. Pl.: 285 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Hoplophytum lingulatum (L.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 139 (1856).
  • Chevaliera lingulata (L.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 591 (1864).
  • Aechmea lingulata (L.) Baker, J. Bot. 17: 164 (1879).
• Heterotypic
  • Bromelia lingularia Houtt., Nat. Hist. 2(8): 319 (1777).
  • Billbergia odora Miq., Linnaea 18: 377 (1845).
  • Aechmea surinamensis Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 106 (1856), nom. nud.
  • Lamprococcus ramosus Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 106 (1856).
  • Hohenbergia odora (Miq.) Baker, Refug. Bot. 4: t. 284 (1871).
  • Aechmea odora (Miq.) Baker, J. Bot. 17: 226 (1879).
  • Aechmea plumieri Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 50 (1889).
  • Aechmea poeppigii Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 37 (1889).
  • Wittmackia odora (Miq.) Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 277 (1891).
  • Wittmackia glaziovii Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 142 (1896).
  • Wittmackia poeppigii (Baker) Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 32: 89 (1934).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Costa Rica to Brazil, Caribbean References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Mez, C.C. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1891. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 275

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Wittmackia lingulata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Wittmackia lingulata. Published online. Accessed: Jun 18 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Wittmackia lingulata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 18.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Wittmackia lingulata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jun 2019.

Vernacular names

English: West Indian livingvase

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