Encyclopedia of Bromeliads

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Pitcairnia echinata Hook.

(subgen. Pitcairnia)

Publ: Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4709 (1853)

Type: Kew Hortus s n (holotype, K; photo, GH), cultivated, supposedly from Mexico, but not likely.

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Pitcairnia echinata

var. echinata Hook.
var. sublaevis L.B.Sm.
var. vallensis L.B.Sm.