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Bartram's Airplant

Tillandsia bartramii Elliott

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Plants densely clustering, flowering to 20--40 cm. Stems short. Leaves 15--30, many-ranked, erect to spreading, gray, 15--40 ´ 0.2--0.5 cm, coarsely appressed-scaly; sheath rust-colored toward base, broadly triangular, flat, not forming pseudobulb, 1--2 cm wide; blade linear-subulate, leathery, margins involute, apex attenuate. Inflorescences: scape conspicuous, erect, 8--15 cm, 2--4 mm diam.; bracts densely imbricate, erect; sheath of bracts narrowing gradually into blade; spikes erect, simple or palmate, linear, compressed, 2--4 ´ 1 cm, apex acute; simple or lateral branches 1--5. Floral bracts imbricate, erect, uniformly red to rose, broad (covering all or most of rachis, rachis not visible at anthesis), elliptic, keeled apically, 1.4--1.7 cm, thin-leathery, base not visible at anthesis, apex acute, surfaces scaly distally, becoming sparsely scaly toward base, venation slight. Flowers 5--20, conspicuous; sepals with adaxial pair connate, elliptic, keeled, to 1.5 cm, thin-leathery, veined, apex obtuse, surfaces scaly; corolla tubular, petals erect, violet, ligulate, 3--4.5 cm; stamens exserted; stigma exserted, conduplicate-spiral. Fruits 2.5--3 cm.
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Flora of North America Vol. 22 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Fla., Ga.; Mexico (Tamaulipas).
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Flowering/Fruiting

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Flowering spring--summer.
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Habitat

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Epiphytic on a variety of hosts in swamps and hammocks; 0--60m.
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Tillandsia bartramii

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Tillandsia bartramii, commonly known as Bartram's airplant,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family. It is native to Florida, South Carolina and southern Georgia in the United States as well as Guatemala and Mexico (Tamaulipas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí).[2][4][5][6][7][8][9] The name honours William Bartram (1739 – 1823), an early Florida naturalist.[10]

Description

Plants form clumps 20–40 cm (8-16 inches) in diameter. There are 15-30 gray leaves, which measure 15-40 × 0.2-0.5 cm (6-16 × 0.08-0.20 inches). Inflorescences are 8–15 cm (3.2-6.0 inches) in length, 2–4 mm (0.08-0.16 inches) in diameter, and have 5-20 flowers. Spikes measure 2-4 × 1 cm (0.8-1.6 × 0.4 inches), while floral bracts are 1.4-1.7 cm (0.45-0.68 inches) in length. Fruits measure 2.5–3 cm (1.0-1.2 inches) in diameter.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Tillandsia bartramii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tillandsia bartramii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
  5. ^ Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part II. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(2): 663–1492
  6. ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  7. ^ Pulido-Esparza, V.A., López-Ferrari, A.R. & Espejo-Serna, A. (2004). Flora Bromeliológia del estado de Guerrero, México: riqueza y distribución. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 55-104.
  8. ^ Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C..
  9. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  10. ^ a b "Tillandsia bartramii Elliott, 1: 379. 1817". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2012-09-21.

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Tillandsia bartramii: Brief Summary

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Tillandsia bartramii, commonly known as Bartram's airplant, is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family. It is native to Florida, South Carolina and southern Georgia in the United States as well as Guatemala and Mexico (Tamaulipas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí). The name honours William Bartram (1739 – 1823), an early Florida naturalist.

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