Billbergia

Billbergia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus, named for the Swedish botanist, zoologist, and anatomist Gustaf Johan Billberg, is divided into two subgenera: Billbergia and Helicodea. They are native to forest and scrub, up to an altitude of 1,700 m (5,577 ft), in southern Mexico, the West Indies, Central America and South America, with many species endemic to Brazil.[1]

Billbergia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Billbergia
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Synonyms[1]
  • Anacyclia Hoffmanns.
  • Eucallias Raf.
  • Jonghea Lem.
  • Cremobotrys Beer
  • Helicodea Lem.
  • Pseudaechmea L.B.Sm. & Read

They are rosette-forming, evergreen perennials, usually epiphytic in habit, often with brilliantly coloured flowers.[2]

Species
Billbergia pyramidalis
Billbergia pyramidalis
Billbergia pyramidalis
Billbergia vittata Brongniart

Cultivars
  • Fantasia hybrid.
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References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bromeliaceae". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 632.

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