Encyclopedia of Bromeliads

8- 13

Pitcairnia killipiana L.B.Sm.

(subgen. Pepinia)

Publ: Contrib. U.S. Herb. 29(11): 308 fig. 29 (1949)

Type: Killip 35245 (holotype, US; isotype, GH), terrestrial in dense forest, ridge along Yeracui Valley, Corcovada Region, upper Rio San Juan, 200-275 m alt, Choco, Colombia, 24, 25 Aug 1939.

Search images on

Permanent URL

Distribution: COLOMBIA; Choco,

Habitat: 200-275 m. Elev.

Pitcairnia killipiana

var. killipiana L.B.Sm.
var. viridis G.S.Varad. & Forero