Guzmania bismarckii (Sampled Red List Index Flora of Peru)

Guzmania bismarckii

Location ²

Rioja, Loreto & Moyamamba, Peru

Description ²

Tall, terrestrial bromeliad, grows in sandy, swampy tropical evergreen rainforests. Inflorescence with sessile/short, petiolated ovoid spikes. Seeds are short, leather brown hairs

Habitat Type ²

Tropical Rainforest & Sandy swamps

References ²

Olson, D.M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake E.D., Burgess, N.D., Powell, G.V.N., Underwood, E.C., D'Amico J.A., Itoua, I., Strand, H.E., Morrison, J.C., Loucks, C.J., Allnutt, T.F., Ricketts, T.H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J.F., Wettengel, W.W., Hedao, P. and Kassem, K.R. 2001. Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on earth. BioScience 51: 933-938.

Raur, Werner. (1984) Guzmania bismarckii: A New Species from Northeastern Peru. Journal of the Bromeliad Society. 34(3): 114 – 117.