Comprehensive Description
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Lindmania micrantha (Lindl) L. B. vSmith, Contr Gray Herb. 104: 77. 1934.
PUcairnia micrantha Lindl. Bot. Reg. 29: Misc. 44. 1843 CoHeKdoryia Hfo5ra«a(ens<5 Baker, Handb Bromel 129 1889. Lindmania neogranatensis Mez, m DC. Monog Phan 9: 538 1896. Lindmania flaccida Standley. Jour. Wash. Acad. 13: 364. 1923.
Flowering plant 3-7 dm. high; leaves entire, constricted above the sheath; blades lanceolate, acuminate 30 cm. long. 4 cm. wide, thin, glabrous above, densely furfuraceous-lepidote below; scape slender and erect; scape-bracts lanceolate or lance-ovate, thin; inflorescence amply bipinnate up to 26 cm. long, arachnoid; branches curved-ascending, many times longer than their subtending bracts; floral bracts ovate, acuminate, slightly longer than the pedicels; flowers secund and nutant; sepals triangular-ovate, obtuse, 3-4 mm. long; petals narrowly elliptic, obtuse, 7-9 mm. long; style slender, elongate; stamens distinctly shorter than the petals.
Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. . „ , . . . -o -i
Distribution: Oaxaca and Salvador; also in Colombia and BrazU. _, , , „ m u .
- bibliographic citation
- Lyman Bradford Smith. 1938. (XYRIDALES); BROMELIACEAE. North American flora. vol 19(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Fosterella micrantha: Brief Summary
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Fosterella micrantha is a plant species in the genus Fosterella. This species is native to Mexico (Nuevo León, Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero), Guatemala, and El Salvador.
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