Pitcairnia corallina Linden & André
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (1): 1-658. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Plant stemless. Leaves dimorphic, the outer ovate, acute, the inner entire except for the petiole, blade narrowly lanceolate, acute or attenuate, strongly plicate, to 1 m long, 1 dm wide, glabrous above, densely and finely white-lepidote beneath. Scape pendulous, stout; scape-bracts usually imbricate, ovate, acuminate, green. Inflorescence simple, densely many-flowered, trailing on ground; axis stout. Floral bracts lanceolate, much exceeding the pedicels; flowers secund; pedicels 1 cm long. Sepals straight, subtriangular, 26 mm long; petals appendaged, 7 cm long, red with a narrow white margin; ovary about half superior; ovules and seeds winged.