Fascicularia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Fascicularia
Species: F. bicolor
Name

Fascicularia Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 627 (1894)

Monotypic taxon

References

Mez, C.C. (1894) Flora Brasiliensis 3(3): 627. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Fascicularia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 July 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Fascicularia. Published online. Accessed: July 2 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Fascicularia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 July 2.

Fascicularia is a genus of flowering plants in the pineapple family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus name is from the Latin fasciculus (bundle) and arius (pertaining to).[2]

Only one species is known, Fascicularia bicolor. It is indigenous to Chile[1] and reportedly naturalized in France and the extreme south and west of Great Britain.[3] In the wild, all Fascicularias are terrestrial, saxicolous (growing on rocks) or epiphytes.

It is cultivated in gardens for the dramatic bright crimson colour of its leaves contrasting with the blue inflorescence.[4]
Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

Fascicularia bicolor subsp. bicolor
Fascicularia bicolor subsp. canaliculata E.C.Nelson & Zizka

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
"Fascicularia distribution map". BSBI Maps. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
"Fascicularia bicolor, Crimson bromeliad". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 18 August 2020.