Family: Bromeliaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Imperiled
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles), South Florida, southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. Absent from Puerto Rico through the Lesser Antilles.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed by Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 274-275, with illustrations) as epiphytic on trees in swamp forests or moist coppices in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 9-8).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
