Billbergia Thunb.

Billbergia (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Bromeliaceae

Characteristics

Plants stemless. Leaves usually few; sheaths large; blades spinose-serrate, often banded. Scape erect or decurved; scape-bracts red, thin. Inflorescence simple or compound. Flowers large, showy, usually sessile. Sepals free, erect. Petals free, nearly or quite regular, bearing 2 scales near base, claw long, blade narrow. Stamens exserted at anthesis. Pollen-grains with longitudinal folds but no pores. Epigynous tube large. Ovules many.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 7 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Images

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Distribution

Billbergia world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30006865-2
WFO ID wfo-4000004633
COL ID 8VVL5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446163
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Synonyms

Billbergia

Lower taxons

Billbergia acreana Billbergia alfonsi-joannis Billbergia amandae Billbergia amoena Billbergia brachysiphon Billbergia bradeana Billbergia brasiliensis Billbergia cardenasii Billbergia castelensis Billbergia dasilvae Billbergia decora Billbergia distachya Billbergia domingosmartinsis Billbergia euphemiae Billbergia iridifolia Billbergia kautskyana Billbergia leptopoda Billbergia lietzei Billbergia lymanii Billbergia macracantha Billbergia macrolepis Billbergia magnifica Billbergia manarae Billbergia meyeri Billbergia microlepis Billbergia minarum Billbergia morelii Billbergia nana Billbergia oxysepala Billbergia pohliana Billbergia porteana Billbergia reichardtii Billbergia robert-readii Billbergia rosea Billbergia rubicunda Billbergia rupestris Billbergia sanderiana Billbergia saundersii Billbergia seidelii Billbergia stenopetala Billbergia tessmannii Billbergia vittata Billbergia zebrina Billbergia chlorantha Billbergia x claudioi Billbergia horrida Billbergia kuhlmannii Billbergia laxiflora Billbergia pallidiflora Billbergia tweedieana Billbergia violacea Billbergia ambigua Billbergia buchholtzii Billbergia eloiseae Billbergia saundersii Billbergia speciosa Billbergia matogrossensis Billbergia chlorostica Billbergia formosa Billbergia speciosa Billbergia incarnata Billbergia cylindrostachya Billbergia macrocalyx Billbergia issingiana Billbergia jandebrabanderi Billbergia viridiflora Billbergia pyramidalis Billbergia nutans