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Canistrum

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Canistrum is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumMollusca
  2. ClassGastropoda
  3. OrderStylommatophora
  4. FamilyCerionidae
Native toBrazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
106
With media
33
Family
Bromeliaceae
Collections
INECOL, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, US, GH, UFPE, NY
Recorded in
Mexico, Philippines, Brazil, Brasil, Poland

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Bromelioideae
Image
Canistrum seidelianum 20090526.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Canistrum
Commons category
Canistrum
topic's main category
Category:Canistrum
taxon common name
围苞凤梨属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Canistrum is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae.

The genus names are from the Greek “kanistron” (a kind of basket carried on the head).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canistrum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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