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Accession Data:

Vriesea fosteriana L. B. Sm.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Brazil

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199000046
  • Source: MBG
  • Provenance: Name corrected from V. Fosterana to V. fosteriana on 30SEP08 CMORSE.
  • Accession Date: 04-03-1989
  • Bench: 3306 - NEOB: StarSteel 3x12
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-31-2019

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Bromeliaceae
  • SubFamily: Tillandsioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.

data regenerated on Fri, 15 Feb 2019 08:18:56 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Navioideae

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Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

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  • Fosterella penduliflora
  • Pitcairnia heterophylla
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Subfamily Puyoideae

  • Puya laxa
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Subfamily Tillandsioideae

  • Catopsis sp.
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  • Tillandsia brachycaulos
  • Tillandsia bulbosa
  • Tillandsia ionantha
  • Tillandsia purpurea
  • Tillandsia recurvata
  • Tillandsia simulata
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  • Tillandsia unidentified
  • Tillandsia usneoides W/C
  • Tillandsia usneoides
  • Tillandsia usneoides W/C
  • Tillandsia usneoides W/C
  • Tillandsia xerographica
  • Vriesea fosteriana
  • Vriesea splendens
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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