Pitcairnia heterophylla

Taxonavigation

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

Pitcairnia heterophylla (Lindl.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 68 (1856).

Basionym
- Puya heterophylla Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 71 (1840).
Homotypic
- Hepetis heterophylla (Lindl.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 973 (1896).
Heterotypic
- Puya longifolia C.Morren, Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 2: 483 (1846).
- Pitcairnia cernua Kunth & C.D.Bouché, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1848: 12 (1848).
- Pitcairnia exscapa Liebm., Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1848: 12 (1848).
- Pitcairnia exscapa Hook., Bot. Mag. 77: t. 4591 (1851), nom. illeg.
- Pitcairnia lindleyana Lem., Jard. Fleur. 2: t. 151 (1852).
- Pitcairnia morrenii Lem., Jard. Fleur. 3(1): 291 (1853).
- Pitcairnia longifolia (C.Morren) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 67 (1856), nom. illeg.
- Pitcairnia liebmannii K.Koch, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1857(App.): 7 (1857), nom. illeg.
- Pitcairnia exscapa var. albiflora Griseb., Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 14 (1864 publ. 1865).
- Hepetis heterophylla var. exscapa Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 375 (1896).
- Pitcairnia heterophylla var. exscapa (Liebm.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 375 (1896).
- Pitcairnia heterophylla f. albiflora Standl. & L.B.Sm., Lilloa 6: 383 (1941).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Brazil
  - Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panam; Peru; Venezuela
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest

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International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pitcairnia heterophylla. Published online. Accessed: Jun 28 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Pitcairnia heterophylla in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 28.
Tropicos.org 2019. Pitcairnia heterophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jun 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pitcairnia heterophylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.