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(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
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Species
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TILLANDSIA SINGULARIS Mez & Werckle
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 5:103. 1905.
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Description
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Plant 3-4 dm. high. Leaves rosulate, 15-25 cm. long, obscurely punctulate- lepidote; sheaths elliptic, dark castaneous with a broad pale margin; blades ligulate, broadly rounded and apiculate, 2-3 cm. wide, green. Scape slender, erect, about equaling the leaves or shorter. Scape-bracts imbricate, lance-elliptic, apic- ulate, bright red. Inflorescence slenderly pyramidal, laxly bipinnate, 15-19 cm. long, glabrous, bright red. Primary bracts like the scape-bracts, about half as long as the branches. Spikes suberect to spreading, short-stipitate with no sterile bracts at base, 4-6 cm. long, laxly 6- to 11-flowered. Rhachis slender, slight- ly geniculate. Floral bracts elliptic, much shorter than the sepals, ecarinate, membranaceous, nerved. Flowers spreading, short- pedicellate. Sepals oblong, obtuse, subfree, 9-10 mm. long. Petals ligulate, 11-12 mm. long. Stamens included.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, Panama.
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Specimen
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COCLE: region north of El Valle de Anton, alt. ca. 1000 m., Allen 2898.
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