Pitcairnia pungens Kunth
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 33: i-v, 1-311.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Rarely more than 4 dm, high, the base often appearmg somewhat bulbous; leaves dimorphic, some persistent and reduced to brown serrate spines, others deciduous above the sheath, green, linear, 3 dm. long, entire except for the persistent base; scape erect; scape-bracts strict, acuminate, pungent, soon glabrous; inflorescence usually few flowered, white-flocculose; floral bracts subovate, entire, acuminate mucronate, exceeding the pedicels; flowers erect at anthesis, 55 mm long, yeflowish red; pedicels to 10 mm. long; sepals acuminate, 25 mm long, carinate; petals about equaling the stamens, bearing a large emarginate scale at base: ovary almost wholly superior; ovules caudate