Billbergia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Billbergia
Species: B. acreana – B. alfonsi-joannis – B. amandae – B. ambigua – B. amoena – B. brachysiphon – B. bradeana – B. brasiliensis – B. buchholtzii – B. cardenasii – B. castelensis – B. chlorantha – B. chlorosticta – B. cylindrostachya – B. dasilvae – B. decora – B. distachya – B. domingosmartinsis – B. elegans – B. eloisiae – B. euphemiae – B. formosa – B. horrida – B. hydrofera – B. incarnata – B. iridifolia – B. issingiana – B. jandebrabanderi – B. kautskyana – B. kuhlmannii – B. laxiflora – B. leptopoda – B. lietzei – B. lymanii – B. macracantha – B. macrocalyx – B. macrolepis – B. magnifica – B. manarae – B. meyeri – B. microlepis – B. minarum – B. morelii – B. nana – B. nutans – B. oxysepala – B. pallidiflora – B. pohliana – B. porteana – B. pyramidalis – B. reichardtii – B. robert-readii – B. rosea – B. rubicunda – B. rupestris – B. sanderiana – B. seidelii – B. stenopetala – B. tessmannii – B. tweedieana – B. velascana – B. violacea – B. viridiflora – B. vittata – B. zebrina

Nothospecies: B. × blireiana – B. × claudioi – B. × gireoudiana – B. × intermedia – B. × perringiana – B. × windii – B. × worleana
Name

Billbergia Thunb., 1821

Typus: B. speciosa Thunb. = B. amoena – (Lodd.) Lindl.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Anacyclia Hoffmanns., Preiss-Verz. Pfl. 1833: 10. 1833.
Type species: Anacyclia farinosa Hoffmanns.
Cremobotrys Beer, Flora 37: 348. 1854.
Type species: Bromelia zebrina W.Herbert
Eucallias Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 25. 1838.
Type species: Eucallias versicolor Raf. nom. illeg., pro Bromelia zebrina Herbert
Helicodea Lem., Ill. Hort. 11: t. 421. 1864.
Type species: Bromelia zebrina W.Herbert
Jonghea Lem., Jard. Fleur. 2: t. 180. 1852.
Type species: Jonghea splendida Lem.
Pseudaechmea L.B.Sm. & Read, Phytologia 52: 53. 1982.
Type species: Pseudaechmea ambigua L.B.Sm. & Read

Hybrids

× Billmea K.Williams
× Billnelia A.D. Hawkes
× Cryptbergia Anon.
× Neobergia E.L.Smith
× Nidbergia Butcher

References

Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Billbergia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Sept 07.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2011. Billbergia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2011 Sept 07. Reference page.
Thunberg, C.P. 1821. Pl. Brasil. Dec. 3: 30.

Vernacular names
suomi: Papinkaurat
русский: Бильбергия

Billbergia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus, named for the Swedish botanist, zoologist, and anatomist Gustaf Johan Billberg, is divided into two subgenera: Billbergia and Helicodea. They are native to forest and scrub, up to an altitude of 1,700 m (5,577 ft), in southern Mexico, the West Indies, Central America and South America, with many species endemic to Brazil.[1]

They are rosette-forming, evergreen perennials, usually epiphytic in habit, often with brilliantly coloured flowers.[2]
Species
Billbergia acreana H. Luther - Acre
Billbergia alfonsi-joannis Reitz - from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina
Billbergia amandae W.Weber - Brazil, but probably extinct
Billbergia ambigua (L.B.Sm. & Read) Betancur & N.R.Salinas - Antioquia
Billbergia amoena (Loddiges) Lindley - Brazil
Billbergia brachysiphon L.B. Smith - Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
Billbergia bradeana L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo
Billbergia brasiliensis L.B. Smith - Rio de Janeiro
Billbergia buchholtzii Mez - Brazil, but probably extinct
Billbergia cardenasii L.B. Smith - Bolivia
Billbergia castelensis E. Pereira - Espírito Santo
Billbergia chlorantha L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo
Billbergia × claudioi Leme - Brazil
Billbergia cylindrostachya Mez - Rio de Janeiro
Billbergia dasilvae Leme - Rondônia
Billbergia decora Poeppig & Endlicher - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Billbergia distachya (Vellozo) Mez - southern Brazil
Billbergia domingosmartinsis E.Gross - Espírito Santo
Billbergia elegans Martius ex Schultes f. - Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais
Billbergia eloiseae L.B. Smith & R.W. Read - Colombia
Billbergia euphemiae E. Morren - southeastern Brazil
Billbergia formosa Ule - Peru
Billbergia horrida Regel - southeastern Brazil
Billbergia incarnata (Ruiz & Pavón) Schultes f. - Peru
Billbergia iridifolia (Nees & Martius) Lindley - southeastern Brazil
Billbergia issingiana T. Krömer & E. Gross - Bolivia
Billbergia jandebrabanderi R. Vásquez & Ibisch - Bolivia
Billbergia kautskyana E. Pereira - Espírito Santo
Billbergia kuhlmannii L.B. Smith - Brazil, Bolivia
Billbergia laxiflora L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo
Billbergia leptopoda L.B. Smith - Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais
Billbergia lietzei E. Morren - Espírito Santo
Billbergia lymanii E. Pereira & Leme - southeastern Brazil
Billbergia macracantha E. Pereira - Rio de Janeiro
Billbergia macrocalyx Hooker - Bahia, Minas Gerais
Billbergia macrolepis L.B. Smith - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
Billbergia magnifica Mez - Brazil, Paraguay
Billbergia manarae Steyermark - Venezuela
Billbergia meyeri Mez - Brazil, Bolivia
Billbergia microlepis L.B. Smith - Bolivia
Billbergia minarum L.B. Smith - Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais
Billbergia morelii Brongniart - eastern Brazil
Billbergia nana E. Pereira - Bahia, Espírito Santo
Billbergia nutans H. Wendland ex Regel - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
Billbergia oxysepala Mez - Acre, Ecuador
Billbergia pallidiflora Liebmann - Mexico and Central America from Sinaloa to Nicaragua
Billbergia pohliana Mez - Minas Gerais
Billbergia porteana Brongniart ex Beer - Brazil, Paraguay
Billbergia pyramidalis (Sims) Lindley - Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana, Lesser Antilles, Cuba; naturalized in Mauritius
Billbergia reichardtii Wawra - Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais
Billbergia robert-readii E. Gross & Rauh - Peru
Billbergia rosea hortus ex Beer - Trinidad, Venezuela
Billbergia rubicunda Mez - Suriname
Billbergia rupestris L.B. Smith - Colombia, Acre
Billbergia sanderiana E. Morren - southeastern Brazil
Billbergia seidelii L.B. Smith & Reitz - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
Billbergia stenopetala Harms - Ecuador, Peru
Billbergia tessmannii Harms - Peru
Billbergia tweedieana Baker - southeastern Brazil
Billbergia velascana M. Cardenas - Bolivia
Billbergia violacea Beer - Guianas, Brazil
Billbergia viridiflora H. Wendland - Belize, Guatemala, Tabasco
Billbergia vittata Brongniart - eastern Brazil
Billbergia zebrina (Herbert) Lindley - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.