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Pitcairnia spicata

Pitcairnia spicata
Photo: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Martinique (Mt. Pelée)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pitcairnia spicata is a plant species in the genus Pitcairnia. It is endemic to the Island of Martinique in the West Indies.

Other Pitcairnia plants

Pitcairnia subg. Pepinia · Pitcairnia abundans · Pitcairnia aequatorialis · Pitcairnia agavifolia · Pitcairnia alata · Pitcairnia albiflos · Pitcairnia albifolia · Pitcairnia alborubra · Pitcairnia alexanderi · Pitcairnia altensteinii · Pitcairnia amblyosperma · Pitcairnia amboroensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pitcairnia spicata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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