Biology:Billbergia nutans
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Short description: Species of epiphyte
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Billbergia |
| Subgenus: | Billbergia subg. Billbergia |
| Species: | B. nutans
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| Binomial name | |
| Billbergia nutans H.Wendl.
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Billbergia nutans, or Queen's-tears, is an epiphytic bromeliad native to Brazil , Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina .[1][2][3][4]
This plant is often used as an ornamental plant.[citation needed]
Varieties
Two varieties are recognized:[1]
- Billbergia nutans var. nutans – Brazil , Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina
- Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana (Wittm. ex Baker) Mez – Brazil , Paraguay
Cultivars
- Billbergia 'Albertii'[5]
- Billbergia 'Baraquiniano-Nutans'[5]
- Billbergia 'Beadleberg'[5]
- Billbergia 'Blireiana'[5]
- Billbergia 'Candy'[5]
- Billbergia 'Carminea'[5]
- Billbergia 'Elvenia Slosson'[5]
- Billbergia 'Frau Pia Roesslein'[5]
- Billbergia 'Hoelscheriana'[5]
- Billbergia 'Intermedia'[5]
- Billbergia 'Ivey Meyer'[5]
- Billbergia 'Joseph Marechal'[5]
- Billbergia 'Kahibah'[5]
- Billbergia 'Leodiensis'[5]
- Billbergia 'Lissom'[5]
- Billbergia 'Marechalii'[5]
- Billbergia 'Morreniana'[5]
- Billbergia 'Pioupionii'[5]
- Billbergia 'Rosea'[5]
- Billbergia 'Rubro-Cyanea'[5]
- Billbergia 'Salmonea'[5]
- Billbergia 'Theodore L. Mead'[5]
- Billbergia 'Ultrajactensis'[5]
- Billbergia 'Vittato-Nutans'[5]
- Billbergia 'Wantenii'[5]
- Billbergia 'Windii'[5]
- Billbergia 'Worleana'[5]
- × Billmea 'Emma Francis Stewart'[5]
- × Billnelia 'Fred Eichholtz'[5]
- × Billnelia 'Perringiana'[5]
- × Cryptbergia 'Mead'[5]
- × Cryptbergia 'Pinkie'[5]
- × Cryptbergia 'Red Burst'[5]
- × Cryptbergia 'Rubra'[5]
- × Neobergia 'Noddy'[5]
- × Neobergia 'Perneri'[5]
- × Nidbergia 'Chas Hodgson'[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
- ↑ Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
- ↑ Versieux, L.M., Wendt, T., Batista Louzada, R. & das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M. (2008 publ. 2009). Bromeliaceae da Cadeia do Espinhaço. Megadiversidade 4: 98-110.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009
External links
- Billbergia nutans photos
Wikidata ☰ Q1021163 entry
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