Pepinia bulbosa | |
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Pepinia bulbosa seedling | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Bromeliaceae |
Genus: | Pepinia |
Species: | P. bulbosa |
Binomial name | |
Pepinia bulbosa (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin |
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Pepinia bulbosa is a species of the genus Pepinia. It was originally described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1955 as Pitcairnia bulbosa and later moved to the genus Pepinia by Ganapathy Subramaniam Varadarajan and Amy Jean Gilmartin in 1988.[1]
This species is found in Colombia in dry rich soil in crevices of granite rock. It is also found in Venezuela.[2]