Biology:Pitcairnia alexanderi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pitcairnia alexanderi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Pitcairnia
Subgenus: Pitcairnia subg. Pepinia
Species:
P. alexanderi
Binomial name
Pitcairnia alexanderi
(H.Luther) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob.[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pepinia alexanderi H.Luther

Pitcairnia alexanderi is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to eastern Ecuador,[2] where it is known from only three subpopulations in Morona-Santiago Province. It grows in Amazonian forest habitat, and it is threatened by deforestation.[1] It was first described by Harry Edward Luther in 1991 as Pepinia alexanderi.[3]

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