Characteristics
Monocots
Guzmania monostachia (L.)Rusby ex Mez
WEST INDIAN TUFTED AIRPLANT; FUCHS' BROMELIAD
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This species was once described as "excessively abundant on trees in the Homestead hammocks" (Simpson 1914).
Native
Endangered-State
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Classification
POALES
Guzmania monostachia (L.)Rusby ex Mez - WEST INDIAN TUFTED AIRPLANT; FUCHS' BROMELIAD
Citation
GUZMANIA MONOSTACHIA (Linnaeus) Rusby ex Mez, in Alph. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 905. 1896.
Renealmia monostachia Linnaeus 1753.
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Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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