Bromelia chrysantha Jacq.
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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 - Plant 7-15 dm. high; leaves numerous in a very dense rosette, to 15 dm. long, sheaths distinct, triangular-ovate, covered above with a felt of long fine pale brown scales, blades linear, acuminate, 3-4 cm. wide, glabrous and lustrous above, finely pale-lepidote between the nerves beneath; scape stout, pale brown-flocculose; scape-bracts subfoliaceous, red with thin basics; inflorescence slenderly cylindric, dense or lax, buff-tomentose except for the petals; primary bracts like the scape-bracts but less serrate and gradually smaller; floral bracts broadly ovate, apiculate, serrulate 10-15 mm. long, about equaling the ovary; sepals free, carinate; petals glabrous, blades spreading at anthesis, obtuse, 9-10 mm. wida; ovary obconic, merging gradually into the pedicel; fruit turbinate, yellow, very sweet, not verrucose.