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Bromeliaceae

Subfamily Bromelioideae

Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

Subfamily Tillandsioideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Tillandsia purpurea Ruiz & Pavon

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name:
  • Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Atacama desert / coastal Peru
  • Habitat: fog desert, lomas formation

  • Description: Native to extremely arid coastal regions, where the plants grow loose and rootless on the desert floor, subsisting largely on a dense fog known locally as camanchaca. The fog nourishes plant communities called lomas formations.

    More detail on Lomas Formations can be found at the Andean Botanical Information System website.

  • Culture: bright light and occasional misting
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199900304
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Accession Date: 09-20-1999
  • Bench: 2216 - XER:Atacama Fog Desert
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-02-2009
Classification:

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

Personal communication with Matt Opel, Sept 20, 1999
Andean Botanical Information System

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