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Internal ID UUID643ff1e2af7f5272096202
Scientific name Bromelia pinguin
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 285 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agallostachys fastuosa Beer Fam. Bromel. : 36 (1856)
Agallostachys pinguin Beer Fam. Bromel. : 36 (1856)
Ananas pinguin Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 30 (1788)
Bromelia fastuosa Lindl. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) : 1 (1821)
Bromelia ignea Beer Fam. Bromel. : 35 (1856)
Bromelia sepiaria hort. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1283 (1830)
Karatas pinguin (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 1 (1768)
Ananas pinguin Trew Ehret. pl. 51 1750
Bromelia peguin L. Mant. 362 1771
Karatas penguin Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 1 (1768)

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Language Common/alternative name
English pinguin
English wild pineapple
Spanish maya
Spanish chicuipo
Spanish timbiriche
Spanish tumbiriche
bpy গ্রাভাটা
ht bayonèt pengwen
ht zannanna pengwen
Portuguese caraguatá
Russian бромелия пингвин
Chinese 企鹅红心凤梨

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000341926
Florida Plant Atlas 4135
USDA Plants BRPI4
Tropicos 4300903
INPN 629202
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319113-2
The Plant List kew-222136
Open Tree Of Life 647863
Observations.org 209596
NCBI Taxonomy 446868
Nature Serve 2.139442
IPNI 319113-2
iNaturalist 154798
GBIF 5287905
Freebase /m/09v7gkm
EPPO BRMPI
EOL 1125887
Elurikkus 504474
USDA GRIN 7753
Wikipedia Bromelia_pinguin
PFAF Bromelia pinguin

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Scientific Literature Top

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Role of Clay Substrate Molecular Interactions in Some Dairy Technology Applications Azzouz A, Arus VA, Platon N Int J Mol Sci 09-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10815404
doi:10.3390/ijms25020808
PMID:38255881
Guamara and Cocuixtle: Source of Proteases for the Transformation of Shrimp By-Products into Hydrolysates with Potential Application Rodríguez-Jiménez JM, Montalvo-González E, López-García UM, Barros-Castillo JC, Ragazzo-Sánchez JA, García-Magaña MD Biology (Basel) 21-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10215330
doi:10.3390/biology12050753
PMID:37237565
Paleodietary reconstruction of endemic rodents from the precolumbian Dominican Republic: Discriminating wild feeding behavior from diets linked to human niche construction activities Shev GT, Laffoon JE Int J Osteoarchaeol 07-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9804766
doi:10.1002/oa.3149
PMID:36618439
Plant Milk-Clotting Enzymes for Cheesemaking Nicosia FD, Puglisi I, Pino A, Caggia C, Randazzo CL Foods 18-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8949083
doi:10.3390/foods11060871
PMID:35327293
Production of Plant Proteases and New Biotechnological Applications: An Updated Review David Troncoso F, Alberto Sánchez D, Luján Ferreira M ChemistryOpen 14-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8919702
doi:10.1002/open.202200017
PMID:35286022
How does urbanization affect perceptions and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants? Arjona-García C, Blancas J, Beltrán-Rodríguez L, López Binnqüist C, Colín Bahena H, Moreno-Calles AI, Sierra-Huelsz JA, López-Medellín X J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8330055
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00473-w
PMID:34344391
Forbidden links, trait matching and modularity in plant-hummingbird networks: Are specialized modules characterized by higher phenotypic floral integration? Izquierdo-Palma J, Arizmendi MD, Lara C, Ornelas JF PeerJ 10-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7955668
doi:10.7717/peerj.10974
PMID:33854834
Phytochemical analysis and biological activities of in vitro cultured Nidularium procerum, a bromeliad vulnerable to extinction Gollo AL, Tanobe VO, de Melo Pereira GV, Marin O, Bonatto SJ, Silva S, de Barros IR, Soccol CR Sci Rep 24-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7181841
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-64026-z
PMID:32332902
Ecosystem services provided by bromeliad plants: A systematic review Ladino G, Ospina‐Bautista F, Estévez Varón J, Jerabkova L, Kratina P Ecol Evol 29-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6662323
doi:10.1002/ece3.5296
PMID:31380056
Trichromatic perception of flower colour improves resource detection among New World monkeys Hogan JD, Fedigan LM, Hiramatsu C, Kawamura S, Melin AD Sci Rep 18-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6052032
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28997-4
PMID:30022096
Cultural significance of the flora of a tropical dry forest in the Doche vereda (Villavieja, Huila, Colombia) Rosero-Toro JH, Romero-Duque LP, Santos-Fita D, Ruan-Soto F J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5865281
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0220-0
PMID:29566709
Enzyme activity and partial characterization of proteases obtained from Bromelia karatas fruit and compared with Bromelia pinguin proteases Meza-Espinoza L, de los Ángeles Vivar-Vera M, de Lourdes García-Magaña M, Sáyago-Ayerdi SG, Chacón-López A, Becerrea-Verdín EM, Montalvo-González E Food Sci Biotechnol 12-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC6049645
doi:10.1007/s10068-017-0244-6
PMID:30263775
Medicinal Plants from North and Central America and the Caribbean Considered Toxic for Humans: The Other Side of the Coin Alonso-Castro AJ, Domínguez F, Ruiz-Padilla AJ, Campos-Xolalpa N, Zapata-Morales JR, Carranza-Alvarez C, Maldonado-Miranda JJ Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 02-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5688365
doi:10.1155/2017/9439868
PMID:29234446
Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Local Tissue Damage Induced by Snake Venoms: An Overview from Traditional Use to Pharmacological Evidence Félix-Silva J, Silva-Junior AA, Zucolotto SM, Fernandes-Pedrosa MD Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 21-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5585606
doi:10.1155/2017/5748256
PMID:28904556
Wild edible plant knowledge, distribution and transmission: a case study of the Achí Mayans of Guatemala Turreira-García N, Theilade I, Meilby H, Sørensen M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 16-Jun-2015
PMCID:PMC4474567
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0024-4
PMID:26077151

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerolipids / Monoradylglycerols / Monoacylglycerols / 1-monoacylglycerols
[(2R)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl] icosanoate 92863445 Click to see 386.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
Glyceryl Arachidate 3246944 Click to see 386.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids
(4aS,4bR,7S,8aR,9S,10aR)-7-ethenyl-8a,9-dihydroxy-1,1,4a,7-tetramethyl-4,4b,5,6,8,9,10,10a-octahydro-3H-phenanthren-2-one 162969903 Click to see 320.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Kaurane diterpenoids
(1S,4S,5S,9R,10S,13R,14R)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-5,9,14-trimethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecan-14-ol 162911891 Click to see 306.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
(1S,4S,9R,10S,13R,14S)-14-hydroxy-5,5,9,14-tetramethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecan-6-one 162874528 Click to see 304.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
14-Hydroxy-5,5,9,14-tetramethyltetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecan-6-one 162874526 Click to see 304.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
Kaurane-16,19-diol 579830 Click to see 306.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Coumarans
Pestaloficiol S 139586508 Click to see CC(=C)C#CC1=C2CC(OC2=C(C=C1)O)(C)C 228.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
3-(3-Hydroxy-4-methoxy-phenyl)-acrylic acid 92126 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C=CC(=O)O)O 194.18 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
Isoferulic Acid 736186 Click to see 194.18 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 7-O-methylated flavonoids
Casticin 5315263 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC)OC)O)OC)O 374.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
Cirsimaritin 188323 Click to see COC1=C(C(=C2C(=C1)OC(=CC2=O)C3=CC=C(C=C3)O)O)OC 314.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011
Penduletin 5320462 Click to see 344.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JO00319A011

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