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Billbergia pyramidalis

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643ff1cdc13e0550876467
Scientific name Billbergia pyramidalis
Authority Lindl.
First published in Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1068 (1827)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Billbergia andegavensis André Rev. Hort. 58: 309 1886
Billbergia atrorosea Drapiez Encycl. Fl. Serr. Angl. : f. 1 (1834)
Billbergia croyana De Jonghe ex Lem. Jard. Fleur. 4: t. 413 (1854)
Billbergia fastuosa Beer Fam. Bromel. : 110 (1856)
Billbergia lemoinei André Rev. Hort. 57: 332 1885
Billbergia loddigesii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 206 (1840)
Billbergia longifolia K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1856(App.): 5 (1856)
Billbergia miniatorosea Lem. Ill. Hort. ii. (1855) Misc. 94.
Billbergia paxtonii Beer Fam. Bromel. : 113 (1856)
Billbergia punicea Beer Fam. Bromel. : 112 (1856)
Billbergia pyramidalis var. bicolor Lindl. Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1181 (1828)
Billbergia pyramidalis var. concolor L.B.Sm. Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 4: 6 (1954)
Billbergia pyramidalis var. croyana (Lem.) André Rev. Hort. [Paris]. 1883: 300.
Billbergia pyramidalis var. farinosa K.Koch in Baker Handb. Bromel. 71. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889]
Billbergia pyramidalis var. lutea Leme & W.Weber J. Bromeliad Soc. 34: 79 (1984)
Billbergia pyramidalis var. vernicosa E.Pereira Bradea 2: 308 (1979)
Billbergia pyramidalis var. zonata (de Vriese) André Rev. Hort. [Paris]. 1883: 300.
Billbergia schultesiana Baker Handb. Bromel. 72. 1889 (1889)
Billbergia setosa Hort ex Baker Handb. Bromel. : 71 (1889)
Billbergia splendida Lem. Jard. Fleur. 2: t. 180-181 (1852)
Billbergia thyrsoidea Mart. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1260 (1830)
Billbergia thyrsoidea var. fastuosa André Rev. Hort. [Paris]. 1883: 300, tab.
Billbergia thyrsoidea var. miniatorosea (Lem.) E.Morren Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 23: 299. 1873
Billbergia thyrsoidea var. splendida (Lem.) André Rev. Hort. [Paris]. 1883
Billbergia thyrsoidea var. zonata de Vriese Tuinb.-Fl. : 353 (1855)
Bromelia pyramidalis Sims Bot. Mag. 42: t. 1732 (1815)
Jonghea splendida Lem. Jard. Fleur. 2: t. 180 (1852)
Pitcairnia fastuosa C.Morren Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 3: 411 (1847)
Tillandsia farinosa hort. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1229 (1830)
Billbergia fasciata var. splendens Beer Fam. Bromel. 112. 1856
Billbergia pyramidalis var. striata M.B.Foster Bull. Bromeliad Soc. 10: 58. 1960
Billbergia thyrsoidea var. longifolia Baker Handb. Bromel. 71. 1889
Billbergia thyrsoides De Jonghe J. Hort. Prat. Belgique 172 1851
Billbergia thyrsoidea var. mibiato-rosea (Lem.) E.Morren Belgique Hort. 23: 299 1873
Billbergia croyiana De Jongh ex Lem. Jard. Fleur. 4: t. 413 (1854)
Billbergia bicolor G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 19: t. 1819 (1832)
Billbergia pyramidalis var. croyana É.Morren Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 23: 294 (1873)
Billbergia pyramidalis var. farinosa É.Morren Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 23: 294 (1873)
Billbergia pyramidalis var. zonata (de Vriese) É.Morren Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 23: 294 (1873)
Billbergia thyrsoidea var. fastuosa Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 78 (1869)
Billbergia thyrsoidea var. splendida (Lem.) É.Morren Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 23: 298 (1873)

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Language Common/alternative name
English foolproofplant
English flaming torch
English foolproof plant
English summer torch
Malayalam ബിൽബർഗിയ പിരമിഡാലിസ്
Chinese 水塔花
Chinese 水塔花叶
Chinese 紅筆鳳梨

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
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      • Dominican Republic
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Venezuela

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000341453
Florida Plant Atlas 51
USDA Plants BIPY
Tropicos 4303807
INPN 447784
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:122179-1
The Plant List kew-221667
Open Tree Of Life 865283
NCBI Taxonomy 319737
Nature Serve 2.159933
IPNI 122179-1
iNaturalist 159269
GBIF 2693754
Freebase /m/03c1m1m
EOL 1126057
USDA GRIN 7239
Wikipedia Billbergia_pyramidalis

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MORPHOLOGICAL VARIANTS OF AEDES AEGYPTI COLLECTED FROM THE LEEWARD ISLAND OF ANTIGUA VERNA TN, MUNSTERMANN LE J Am Mosq Control Assoc 01-Sep-2011
PMCID:PMC3357953
doi:10.2987/11-6157.1
PMID:22017096
Insects and allies associated with bromeliads: a review Frank JH, Lounibos LP Terr Arthropod Rev 01-Jan-2009
PMCID:PMC2832612
doi:10.1163/187498308X414742
PMID:20209047

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