Guzmania monostachia

West Indian Tufted Airplant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Guzmania
Species: G. monostachia
Binomial name
Guzmania monostachia
(Linnaeus) Rusby ex Mez
Synonyms[1]
  • Renealmia monostachia L.
  • Tillandsia monostachia (L.) L.
  • Tillandsia clavata Lam.
  • Pourretia sympaganthera Ruiz & Pav.
  • Guzmania tricolor Ruiz & Pav.
  • Guzmania comosa Bertero ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Guzmania sympaganthera (Ruiz & Pav.) Beer
  • Tillandsia comosa (Bertero ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Griseb.
  • Tillandsia pachycarpa Baker
  • Tillandsia gymnophylla Baker
  • Guzmania grandis Baker
  • Guzmania maculata Linden ex Baker
  • Guzmania platysepala Mez & C.F.Baker
  • Guzmania laxa Mez & Sodiro
  • Bromelia tricolor Sander
  • Guzmania clavata (Lam.) Urb.

Guzmania monostachia is an epiphytic species in the genus Guzmania. Also known as a "West Indian tufted airplant",[2] this species is native to South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela), Central America, the West Indies and Florida.[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The species is also reportedly naturalized in Hawaii.[12]

Guzmania monostachia is notable as it is a facultative CAM species, converting from C3 photosynthesis to CAM under high light treatment or drought stress as a protective measure.[13]

Cultivars

Guzmania monostachia growing at the Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui. 
A close-up of the plant 
A drawing of the Guzmania monostachia from the "Collectanea botanica or Figures and botanic Illustrations of rare and curious exotic Plants" by John Lindley. 

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "PLANTS Profile for Guzmania monostachia (West Indian tufted airplant) | USDA PLANTS". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Checklist of Bolivian Bromeliaceae Retrieved 21 October 2009
  4. ↑ BROMELIACEAE DA MATA ATLÂNTICA BRASILEIRA retrieved 22 October 2009
  5. ↑ Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
  6. ↑ Bromeliaceae of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) retrieved 30 October 2009
  7. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  8. ↑ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  9. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  10. ↑ Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
  11. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  12. ↑ Starr Environmental, Plants of Hawaii, Guzmania monostachia (West Indian tufted airplant)
  13. ↑ Maxwell, C; Griffiths H; Young AJ (1994). "Photosynthetic acclimation to light regime and water stress by the C3-CAM epiphyte Guzmania monostachia: gas-exchange characteristics, photochemical efficiency and the xanthophyll cycle". Functional Ecology. 8: 746–454. doi:10.2307/2390234.
  14. ↑ BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009


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