Bromeliaceae
Billbergia Thunb.
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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Bromeliaceae Status: Invalid Reason: unverified
Morphological Description
Diagnosis: Epiphytic herbs. Leaves lanceolate, to 1 m long, the margins with spines. Inflorescence a spike with colorful bracts. Flowers purple to bluish subtended by green, inferior ovary. Infructescence to 1 m long. Fruit a berry, sessile, to 2.5 cm long, gray-white when mature, striate, the calyx and stigma persistent. Seeds numerous per fruit, embedded in a sticky mesocarp. Distribution: From Costa Rica and Panama to Peru.