Pitcairnia bulbosa

Pitcairnia bulbosa, synonym Pepinia bulbosa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to Colombia and Venezuela.[1] It was first described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1955.[2] In Colombia, it is found in dry rich soil in crevices of granite rock.[3]

Pitcairnia bulbosa
Seedling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Pitcairnia
Subgenus: Pitcairnia subg. Pepinia
Species:
P. bulbosa
Binomial name
Pitcairnia bulbosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Pepinia bulbosa (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin
  • Pepinia wurdackii (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin
  • Pitcairnia wurdackii L.B.Sm

References
  1. "Pitcairnia bulbosa L.B.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-11-02
  2. "Pitcairnia bulbosa L.B.Sm.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-11-02
  3. Smith, L. B. (1977), The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Baltimore: Reed Herbarium.


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