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Bromelia pinguin

Summary

Bromelia pinguin is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and northern South America.[2] It is also reportedly naturalized in Florida.[2] It is very common in Jamaica, where it is planted as a fence around pasture lands, on account of its prickly leaves. The plant can be stripped of its pulp, soaked in water, and beaten with a wooden mallet, and it yields a fiber whence thread is made. In Nicaragua and El Salvador it is used to make gruel.[3][4]

Bromelia pinguin
1821 illustration[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Bromelia
Species:
B. pinguin
Binomial name
Bromelia pinguin
Synonyms[2]
  • Karatas pinguin (L.) Mill.
  • Ananas pinguin (L.) Gaertn.
  • Agallostachys pinguin (L.) Beer
  • Bromelia fastuosa Lindl.
  • Bromelia sepiaria Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Agallostachys fastuosa (Lindl.) Beer
  • Bromelia ignea Beer
Bromelia pinguin (Piñuela) in El Crucero, Managua, Nicaragua.
Bromelia pinguin flower in El Crucero, Managua, Nicaragua

References edit

  1. ^ John Lindley (1799-1865) - Collectanea botanica, or, Figures and botanical illustrations of rare and curious exotic plants by John Lindley, London, pl 1
  2. ^ a b c "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  3. ^ "Piñuela, BROMELIA KARATAS". www.backyardnature.net.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Penguin" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.

Additional sources edit

  • Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica". Selbyana. 16 (2): 230–234. ISSN 0361-185X. JSTOR 41759911.
  • Espejo-Serna, Adolfo; López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa; Ramírez-morillo, Ivón; Holst, Bruce K.; Luther, Harry E.; Till, Walter (1 June 2004). "Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 25 (1): 33–86. ISSN 2689-0682. JSTOR 41760147.
  • 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.
  • Luther, H.E. (1999). "Bromeliaceae". In Jørgensen, P.M.; León-Yánez, S. (eds.). Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador = Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Ecuador (PDF). St. Louis, Mo.: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 337–361. ISBN 978-0915279609. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2006.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Bromelia pinguin at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Data related to Bromelia pinguin at Wikispecies