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Wittmackia
Sign in to saveWittmackia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyBromeliaceae
Native toBahamas, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Collections
- US, UNIVASF, MN, MO, UFRB
- Recorded in
- Jamaica, Brasil, Caribbean
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bromelioideae
- Image
- Aechmea lingulata BotGardBln 12052008A.jpg
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- Wittmackia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Wittmackia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae.
The genus name of Wittmackia honour of Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929), a German botanist. The genus was first described and published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. Vol.3 (Issue 3) on page 274 in 1891.
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