Guzmania musaica

Guzmania musaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Guzmania
Species:	G. musaica
Binomial name
	Guzmania musaica; (Linden & André) Mez
Synonyms
	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 plant 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

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

Guzmania 'Golden King'^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica". Selbyana. 16 (2): 230–234. ISSN 0361-185X. JSTOR 41759911.
^ Holst, Bruce K. (1 February 1994). "Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 15 (1). ISSN 2689-0682. JSTOR 41759858.
^ Luther, H.E. (1999). "Bromeliaceae". In Jørgensen, P.M.; León-Yánez, S. (eds.). Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador = Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Ecuador (PDF). St. Louis, Mo.: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 337–361. ISBN 978-0915279609. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2006.
^ BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009

External links

[i-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica". Selbyana. 16 (2): 230–234. ISSN 0361-185X. JSTOR 41759911.

[3] Holst, Bruce K. (1 February 1994). "Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 15 (1). ISSN 2689-0682. JSTOR 41759858.

[4] Luther, H.E. (1999). "Bromeliaceae". In Jørgensen, P.M.; León-Yánez, S. (eds.). Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador = Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Ecuador (PDF). St. Louis, Mo.: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 337–361. ISBN 978-0915279609. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2006.

[5] BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009

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