Pitcairnia spicata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Pitcairnia
Species: Pitcairnia spicata

Pitcairnia spicata (Lam.) Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 32: 234 (1935).

Basionym
- Bromelia spicata Lam., Encycl. 1: 146 (1783).
Homotypic
- Hepetis spicata (Lam.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 974 (1896).
Heterotypic
- Pitcairnia albucifolia Schrad., Blumenbachia: 24 (1827).
- Billbergia purpurea Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 126 (1856).
- Pitcairnia affinis K.Koch, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1857(App.): 5 (1857).
- Hepetis albucifolia (Schrad.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 973 (1896).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Martinique (Mt. Pelée) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pitcairnia spicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pitcairnia spicata. Published online. Accessed: Jun 29 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Pitcairnia spicata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 29.
Tropicos.org 2019. Pitcairnia spicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jun 2019.