Wittmackia lingulata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Bromelioideae
Genus: Wittmackia
Species: Wittmackia lingulata
Name

Wittmackia lingulata (L.) Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 275 (1891).

Synonyms

Basionym
Bromelia lingulata L., Sp. Pl.: 285 (1753).
Homotypic
Hoplophytum lingulatum (L.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 139 (1856).
Chevaliera lingulata (L.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 591 (1864).
Aechmea lingulata (L.) Baker, J. Bot. 17: 164 (1879).
Heterotypic
Bromelia lingularia Houtt., Nat. Hist. 2(8): 319 (1777).
Billbergia odora Miq., Linnaea 18: 377 (1845).
Aechmea surinamensis Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 106 (1856), nom. nud.
Lamprococcus ramosus Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 106 (1856).
Hohenbergia odora (Miq.) Baker, Refug. Bot. 4: t. 284 (1871).
Aechmea odora (Miq.) Baker, J. Bot. 17: 226 (1879).
Aechmea plumieri Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 50 (1889).
Aechmea poeppigii Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 37 (1889).
Wittmackia odora (Miq.) Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 277 (1891).
Wittmackia glaziovii Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 142 (1896).
Wittmackia poeppigii (Baker) Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 32: 89 (1934).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Mez, C.C. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1891. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 275

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Wittmackia lingulata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Wittmackia lingulata. Published online. Accessed: Jun 18 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Wittmackia lingulata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 18.
Tropicos.org 2019. Wittmackia lingulata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jun 18.

Vernacular names
English: West Indian livingvase

Aechmea lingulata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles etc.), Costa Rica, Panama and northern South America.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Two varieties are recognized:[1]

Aechmea lingulata var. lingulata - most of species range
Aechmea lingulata var. patentissima (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) L.B.Sm. - eastern Brazil

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica". Selbyana. 16 (2): 230–234. ISSN 0361-185X. JSTOR 41759911.
Holst, Bruce K. (1 February 1994). "Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 15 (1): 132–149. ISSN 2689-0682. JSTOR 41759858.
Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
Versieux, L.M., Wendt, T., Batista Louzada, R. & das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M. (2008 publ. 2009). Bromeliaceae da Cadeia do Espinhaço. Megadiversidade 4: 98-110.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.