Pitcairnia altensteinii

Taxonavigation

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

Pitcairnia altensteinii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Lem., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 2: 162 (1846).

Basionym
- Puya altensteinii Link, Klotzsch & Otto, Icon. Pl. Select. 1: 1 (1820).
Homotypic
- Lamproconus altensteinii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Lem., Jard. Fleur. 2: t. 217 (1852).
- Phlomostachys altensteinii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Griseb., Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 14 (1864 publ. 1865).
- Hepetis altensteinii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 973 (1896).
Heterotypic
- Pitcairnia undulatifolia Hook., Bot. Mag. 72: t. 4241 (1846).
- Puya altensteinii var. gigantea Hook., Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4309 (1847).
- Puya macrostachya A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 141 (1848).
- Lamproconus giganteus (Hook.) Lem., Jard. Fleur. 2: t. 217 (1852).
- Phlomostachys altensteinii var. gigantea (Hook.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 46 (1856).
- Phlomostachys gigantea (Hook.) K.Koch, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1856(App.): 3 (1856).
- Pitcairnia rhodostachys Hassk., Acta Soc. Regiae Sci. Indo-Neêrl. 1: 8 (1856).
- Pitcairnia altensteinii var. gigantea (Hook.) K.Koch, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1857(App.): 4 (1858).
- Hepetis altensteinii var. gigantea (Hook.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 973 (1896).
- Pitcairnia altensteinii var. minor L.B.Sm., Phytologia 13: 457 (1966).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America N. Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pitcairnia altensteinii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.