Pitcairnia campii L.B.Sm.

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. & Schubert, Bernice G. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. Camp. Begoniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 36-40.

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pitcairnia campii L.B.Sm.

  • Description

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    Latin Diagnosis - Florifera 3 m. alta (! Camp); vaginis foliorum 2 dm. longis, amplis, densissime adpresseque brunneo-lanosis, basi-atro-castaneis, laminis dimorphis, alteris valde reductis, linearibus, 2 mm. latis, spinis uncinatis atris laxe armatis, alteris cum vaginis et petiolo lato canaliculato serrato ad 3 m. longis (! Camp), arcuatis, linearibus, longe acuminatis, 5 cm. latis, basi excepta integris; scapo erecto, basi 2 cm. diametro, pallide flocculoso; scapi bracteis erectis, densissime imbricatis, ellipticis, pallide flocculosis, infimis longe acuminatis et ad apicem versus spinis atris subdense armatis, supremis acutis, integris; inflorescentia simplicissima, gracile cylindrica, multiflora, 2-3 cm. diametro, petalis exceptis pallide flocculosa; bracteis florigeris erectis vel apice paulo divergentibus, supremis scapi similibus, ad 6 cm. longis sepala bene superantibus; floribus subsessilibus; sepalis anguste oblongis, late acutis apiculatisque, 28 mm. longis, ecarinatis; petalis nudis, 7 cm. longis, fulgide aureis (! Camp); staminibus inclusis, ovario 5/6 supero; ovulis longe caudatis.

    Distribution and Ecology - Junction of Guayas, Canar, Chimborazo and Bolivar: on steep banks and cliffs, foothills of the western cordillera near the village of Bucay, 1,000-1,250 ft., June 8-15, 1945, Camp E-3661.

  • Discussion

    In Mez's key in the Pflanzenreich Pitcairnia campii would fall next to the Mexican P. imbricata, from which it differs in its great size and in its serrate lower scape-bracts.