Billbergia brasiliensis

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Billbergia brasiliensis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Billbergia
Species: Billbergia brasiliensis

Name edit

  • Billbergia brasiliensis L.B.Sm., Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1: 105 (1943).

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Helicodea leopoldii Verschaff. ex Lem., Ill. Hort. 11: t. 421 (1864).
  • Homotypic
    • Billbergia leopoldii (Verschaff. ex Lem.) Linden ex Houllet, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 41: 87 (1869), nom. illeg.
  • Heterotypic
    • Billbergia ianthina É.Morren, Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 21: 2 (1871), nom. nud.
    • Billbergia nuptialis É.Morren, Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 21: 2 (1871), nom. nud.
    • Billbergia kuhlmannii L.B.Sm., Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 10: 144 (1950).
    • Billbergia velascana Cárdenas, Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 7: 35 (1957).
    • Billbergia mohammadii R.Vásquez & Ibisch, Bromelie 2000: 11 (2000).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional:Brazil
      • E. Bolivia to Brazil

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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