Guzmania monostachia

(Linnaeus) Rusby ex Mez

in A. L. P. de Candolle and C. de Candolle, Monographiae Phanerogamarum 9: 905. 1896 (as monostachya).

Illustrated
Basionym: Renealmia monostachia Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 287. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Plants flowering to 4 dm high. Leaves many, rosulate, spreading, 30–40 cm; sheath pale or darkened toward base, ovate; blade ligulate, acute. Inflorescences: scape central, erect, shorter than leaves; bracts imbricate, erect; inflorescences densely many-flowered, erect, simple, cylindric, to 15 cm; floral bracts imbricate, most proximal bracts (fertile) pale green, striped dark green or reddish, distal bracts (mostly sterile) rose, salmon or nearly white [red or orange in tropical America], ovate, to 2.5 cm, acute. Flowers: sepals basally connate, green, symmetric, 1.4–1.6 cm; petals very slightly spreading, adherent for most of length, white, without petal appendages, 2.2–2.5 cm, apex obtuse; stamens included, filaments subadnate to petals; stigma included, simple-erect. Fruits 2–3 cm.

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.

Discussion

Florida plants of this taxon appear to be self fertilizing.

Varieties 3 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Leaf blade of one color Guzmania monostachia var. monostachia
1 Leaf blade longitudinally green-and-white striped Guzmania monostachia var. variegata
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Harry E. Luther +  and Gregory K. Brown +
(Linnaeus) Rusby ex Mez +
Renealmia monostachia +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America. +
in A. L. P. de Candolle and C. de Candolle, Monographiae Phanerogamarum +
Illustrated +
Guzmania monostachia +
Guzmania +
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