Catopsis floribunda L.B.Sm.

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Catopsis floribunda L.B.Sm.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Epiphytic, acaulescent herb. Leaves 10-30 cm long, tapering from a 3-5 cm wide base to a long-acuminate apex, chartaceous to nearly coriaceous, the margins entire. Scapes to 60 cm tall, slender; scape bracts lanceolate, membranous, 1.5-4 cm long; inflorescences paniculate, of 5-8 simple or double spikes, 5-15 cm long, 8-36-flowered; floral bracts ovate, 4-5 mm long. Flowers sessile or nearly so; sepals broadly elliptic, 4-6 mm long; petals white, ca. 7 mm long, obtuse; filaments of second series adnate to the petals at base. Capsule ovoid, 9-11 mm long, glabrous. Seeds several, oblong, ca. 3 mm long, the hairs to 2 cm long.

  • Discussion

    Catopsis nutans sensu Britton & P. Wilson, Bot. Porto Rico 5: 137. 1923, non (Sw.) Griseb., 1864.

  • Distribution

    Occasional in moist forests. Bordeaux (B572), Camelberg Peak (A4248). Also on St. Thomas and Tortola; Florida, the West Indies, Trinidad, and Venezuela.

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