Deuterocohnia meziana Kuntze

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (1): 1-658. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Deuterocohnia meziana Kuntze ex Mez

  • Type

    TYPE. 0. Kuntze s n (holotype, NY), Corumba, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Aug 1892.

  • Synonyms

    Deuterocohnia paraguariensis Hassl., Deuterocohnia divaricata Mez

  • Description

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    Description - Plant flowering 1-2 m high. Leaves to 1 m long, stout, rigid; sheaths reniform, 13 cm wide, castaneous; blades 8 cm wide, white-lepidote on both sides when young. Scape elongate; scape-bracts foliaceous. Inflorescence large, laxly paniculate, glabrous; branches spreading, slender, laxly flowered. Floral bracts broadly ovate, apiculate, not over 2 mm long; flowers usually spreading; pedicels short but distinct. Sepals oblong, asymmetric, obliquely truncate, 11-14 mm long, 4-5 mm wide; petals 25-38 mm long, ligulate, yellow, orange or red when living, greenish in drying; stamens about equaling the petals.

  • Distribution

    Saxicolous, southeastern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil and Paraguay.

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