Guzmania musaica

Guzmania musaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Guzmania
Species: G. musaica
Binomial name
Guzmania musaica
(Linden & André) Mez
Synonyms[1]
  • Tillandsia musaica Linden & André
  • Billbergia musaica (Linden & André) Regel
  • Caraguata musaica (Linden & André) Linden & André
  • Massangea musaica (Linden & André) E.Morren
  • Tillandsia mosaic Linden ex Rafarin
  • Guzmania musaica var. concolor L.B. Smith
  • Guzmania musaica var. discolor H. Luther
  • Guzmania musaica var. rosea H. Luther
  • Guzmania musaica var. zebrina Cutak

Guzmania musaica is a species in the genus Guzmania. This species is native to Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Imbabura), Venezuela and Colombia (Antioquia, Choco, Narino, Norte de Santander, Valle del Cauca).[1][2][3][4]

Description

Inflorescence of Guzmania musaica

Guzmania musaica is a stemless, evergreen, epiphytic perennial plant that can reach a height of 20–40 centimetres (7.9–15.7 in). Leaves are about two feet long, simple, with entire margins, spineless, light green with reddish and dark green transverse striations. In the central rosette of leaves grows a long stem topped by a beautiful inflorescence of pink-red bracts with many waxy tubular yellow flowers arranged in spikes. The plant blooms from June to August. The fruits are septicidal capsules. After it has produced its fruits, the plant dies.

Habitat

It grows as an epiphyte in rain forests.

Cultivars

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica retrieved 3 November 2009
  3. ↑ Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
  4. ↑ Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador Retrieved 12 October 2009
  5. ↑ BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009


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