Family: Bromeliaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Critically Imperiled
Native Range:
Scattered in the West Indies,
South Florida and northern South America; reported in error for southern Mexico and Central America.
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 or around sinkholes in coppices in the northwestern Commonwealth (region 9).
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.
