Pitcairnia spicata

Pitcairnia spicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Pitcairnia
Species: P. spicata
Binomial name
Pitcairnia spicata
(Lamarck) Mez
Synonyms[1]
  • Bromelia spicata Lam.
  • Hepetis spicata (Lam.) Mez
  • Pitcairnia albucifolia Schrad.
  • Billbergia purpurea Beer
  • Pitcairnia affinis K.Koch
  • Hepetis albucifolia (Schrad.) Mez

Pitcairnia spicata is a species in the genus Pitcairnia. It is endemic to the Island of Martinique in the West Indies.[1][2][3]

Cultivars

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  3. ↑ Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part I. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(1): 1–660.
  4. ↑ BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009


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