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Bromeliad (Tillandsia sprengeliana)
Bromeliad fact file
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Bromeliad description
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Bromeliales |
| Family | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus | Tillandsia (1) |
Tillandsia sprengeliana is an epiphyte of Brazil’s coastal forest (4). The plants are often seen growing at an angle and they consist of a rosette of 20 – 50 leaves (2). The grey-green leaves are erect and tightly packed; they have white powdery scales that give the plant a furry appearance (2). The flower stalk (or inflorescence) reaches above the rosette of leaves (2) and bears 4 – 10 luminous pink flowers (4).
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Bromeliad biology
The stunning pink flowers open during the day and last for 2 – 3 days (4).
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Endemic to the states of Rio de Janero and Espirito Santo, Brazil (4).
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Bromeliad habitat
Tillandsia sprengeliana is found in the coastal forests and plains of Brazil’s Atlantic coast (4).
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Bromeliad status
Listed on Appendix II of CITES (3).
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Brazil’s Atlantic Forest region has been devastated by habitat destruction as it is the most populated and industrious region of the country (5).
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International trade in Tillandsia sprengeliana is restricted by its listing on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) (3).
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Glossary
- Endemic
- A species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
- Epiphyte
- A plant that uses another plant, typically a tree, for its physical support, but which does not draw nourishment from it.
- Inflorescence
- The reproductive shoot of the plant, which bears flowers (See http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ksheets/pdfs/flower.pdf for a fact sheet on flower structure).
References
- Walter, K.S. & Gillett, H.J. [eds] (1998) 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Center. IUCN The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Smith, L.B. & Downs, R.J. (1977) Flora Neotropica, Monograph No. 14, part 2. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Harner Press, New York.
- CITES (September, 2003) www.cites.org
- (1894) Tillandsia sprengeliana Klotzsch ex Mez in Martius, Flora brasiliensis, 3(3): 596.
- Mittermeier, R.A., Myers, N. and Goettsch Mittermeier, C. (1999) Hotspots: Earths biologically richest and most endangered terrestrial ecoregions. Cemex, S.A.
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Tillandsia spregeliana in flower
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Manfred Bröetzmann
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