Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb. var. bracteata

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Honduras

• State/Province

  Colón

• Locality

  Capuchin site east. 1.8 mi. strip on the north bank of rio Guaimoreto between old bridge and opening of Laguna Guaimoreto 4.5 mi. NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla.

• Coordinates

  15.9583, -85.9083

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

•	PLANTS OF HONDURAS
-* ~ iJli-ilA CEAE	Departamento de Colon
“©Climea bracteata L.
epiphyte in savannah tree; inflorescence bright pinkish
red; fruits green ripening dark blue; beaked red; leaves
to 8" broad at base; thick, slightly curled inward to
center, spines brown; leaves pale green, grayish below;
inflorescence to ^ ft long, 2 ft broad.
Capuchin site east.
1.8 mi. strip on the north bank of rio Guaimoreto between old bridge and opening of Laguna Guai-
moreto 4.5 mi. NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla. Lot. 15* 57' 30' N; Long. 85» 54’ 30" w.
JANICE SAUNDERS 7^8	DATE: 12 Dec. 19 80
Cu ouch in feeding study by John S. Buckley under auspices of Dept, of Anthropology, Univ. of Texas
at Austin and Institute Hondureno de Antropologia e Historia.	j
HERBARIUM OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Aechmea bracteata (Swartz) Grisebach var.
bracteata
Det. L. M. Hornberger
June 1994
03805400