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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 FASCICULATA SW.
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Prodr. 56. 1788
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Synonym
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Tillandsia fasciculata var. latispica Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9:683. 1896.
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Description
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Plant 2-10 dm. high. Leaves rosulate; sheaths large, ovate, dark castaneous; blades narrowly triangular, 2-3 cm. wide, finely lepidote. Scape erect, stout. Scape-bracts imbricate, the lower ones foliaceous. Inflorescence simple or digitate. Primary bracts broadly ovate, acuminate, shorter than the spikes. Spikes sessile or subsessile, erect, bearing reduced sterile bracts at base, usually over 1 dm. long, strongly complanate. Floral bracts imbricate, broad, acute, 2-4 cm. long, carinate, nearly or quite even, coriaceous, glabrous or subglabrous. Sepals usually shorter than the bracts, the posterior ones connate. Petals 6 cm. long, white to purple. Stamens exserted.
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Distribution
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Florida, West Indies, Mexico to Colombia and Guiana.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: near the big swamp east of Rio Tecuimen, Standley 26697, 26702. CANAL ZONE: Maume and Gorgona, Wagner; Rio Paraiso, above East Paraiso, Standley 29860; Barro Colorado Island, Kenoyer 2II; near Madden Dam and along Azote Caballo Road near Alahuela, alt. 90-100 m., Dodge i6589; westerly arm of Quebrada Salamanca, alt. 70 m., Dodge, Steyermark f' Allen i6589a.
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