Billbergia formosa

Billbergia formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Billbergia
Subgenus: Helicodea
Species: B. formosa
Binomial name
Billbergia formosa
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Billbergia formosa is a species of the genus Billbergia. It is endemic to Peru but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.[1] The species is very rare in the wild and listed as endangered.[2][3]

Cultivars

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
  3. Vásquez Martínez, R. 1997. Flórula de las reservas biológicas de Iquitos, Perú: Allpahuayo–Mishana, Explornapo Camp, Explorama Lodge. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 63: 1–1046.
  4. 4.0 4.1 BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009