Location ¹

Ancash and Cajamarca, Peru

Description ¹

Terrestrial epiphytic bromeliad, up to 1.5m high, greyish rigid leaves about 80cm long with dark brown hooked spines, a racemose inflorescence about 60cm long with tubular erect green-blue petals, purple bracts and green fruits.

Habitat Type ¹

Wet montane grasslands and rocky ground.

References ¹

Smith, L.B. and Downs, R.J. 1974. Flora Neotropica, Pitcairnoideae (Bromeliaceae). Hafner Press, New York.

Fuentes y créditos

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Más información

• NaturaLista página del taxón
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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