Pitcairnia

Pitcairnia
Pitcairnia heydlauffii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Pitcairnioideae
Genus:	Pitcairnia L'Her.
Species
See text.

Pitcairnia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. It was named for Dr. William Pitcairn, English physician and gardener (1711-1791). The genus Pitcairnia ranks as the second most prolific of the bromeliad family (after Tillandsia). They are most abundant in Colombia, Peru and Brazil, but can also be found in areas from Cuba and Mexico south to Argentina. One species, Pitcairnia feliciana is found in tropical West Africa and is the only member of the Bromeliaceae family not found in the New World.

Almost all Pitcairnias are terrestrial or saxicolous, and prefer moist areas. However, many are found growing epiphytically in trees.

44 Pitcairnia species had been classified in the genus Pepinia. Pepinia was first established as a subgenus by Lyman Smith and then elevated to a genus by Varadarajan and Gilmatin based on the absence of seed appendages. A molecular study has confirmed that these plants are not an independent genus, and are correctly classified within Pitcairnia.

Species

P. abundans

• Pitcairnia abundans L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia acicularis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia adscendens L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia aequatorialis L.B. Smith
  • var. bogneri (Rauh) Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia alata L.B. Smith
  • var. andreetae (H. Luther) Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia albiflos Herbert
• Pitcairnia albo-lutea J.R. Grant
• Pitcairnia altensteinii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Lemaire
  • var. gigantea (Hooker) Baker
  • var. minor L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia altoatratoensis G.S. Varadarajan & Forero
• Pitcairnia amboroensis Ibisch, R. Vásquez, E. Gross & Kessler
• Pitcairnia ancuashii L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia andreana Linden
• Pitcairnia angustifolia Solander in Aiton
• Pitcairnia archeri L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia arcuata (André) André
• Pitcairnia arenaria H. Luther
• Pitcairnia arenicola L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia arida L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia asplundii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia atrorubens (Beer) Baker
  • var. pallidobracteata E. Gross & Rauh
• Pitcairnia attenuata L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia augustii Harms
• Pitcairnia aurea Rusby ex L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia aureobrunnea Rauh
• Pitcairnia bakeri (André) André ex Mez
• Pitcairnia bakiorum Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia barrigae L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia basincurva L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia bella L.B. Smith
  • var. densior L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia bergii H. Luther
• Pitcairnia betancurii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia bicolor L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia bifaria L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia biflora L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia bifrons (Lindley) R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia bifurcatispina Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia billbergioides L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia brachysperma André
  • var. snowii G.S. Varadarajan & Forero
• Pitcairnia brackeana Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia breedlovei L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia brevicalycina Mez
• Pitcairnia brittoniana Mez
• Pitcairnia bromeliifolia L'Héritier
  • var. graminifolia Grisebach
  • var. wynteri R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia brongniartiana André
  • var. variegata Manzanares & W. Till
  • var. ornata Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia brunnescens L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia burle-marxii R. Braga & Sucre
• Pitcairnia buscalionii W. Till
• Pitcairnia caduciflora Rauh & E. Gross
• Pitcairnia calatheoides L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia calcicola J.R. Grant & J.F. Morales
• Pitcairnia calderonii Standley & L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia calophylla L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia camposii H. Luther
• Pitcairnia cana B. Holst
• Pitcairnia cantuoides R. Vásquez & P.L. Ibisch
• Pitcairnia capitata L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia cardenasii L.B. Smith
  • var. macrantha L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia carinata Mez
• Pitcairnia carioana Wittmack
• Pitcairnia carnea Beer
• Pitcairnia cassapensis Mez
• Pitcairnia cataractae Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia caulescens K. Koch ex Mez
• Pitcairnia cerrateana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia chiapensis Miranda
• Pitcairnia chiquitana R. Vásquez & P.L. Ibisch
• Pitcairnia chiriguana Castellanos
• Pitcairnia chiriquensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia chocoensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia clarkii H. Luther
• Pitcairnia clavata L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia cofanorum Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia colimensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia commixta L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia compostelae McVaugh
• Pitcairnia condorensis Manzanares & W. Till
  • var. viridis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia corcovadensis Wawra
• Pitcairnia cosangaensis Gilmartin
• Pitcairnia crassa L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia crinita E. Pereira & Martinelli
• Pitcairnia croatii H. Luther
• Pitcairnia cubensis (Mez) L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia curvidens L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia cuzcoensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia cyanopetala Ule
• Pitcairnia cylindrostachya L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia × daiseyana H. Luther
• Pitcairnia decidua L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia decurvata L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia delicata H. Luther
• Pitcairnia dendroidea André
• Pitcairnia densiflora Brongniart ex Lemaire
• Pitcairnia deroosei Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia devansayana André ex Baker
• Pitcairnia diffusa L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia divaricata Wittmack
• Pitcairnia dodsonii H. Luther
• Pitcairnia dolichopetala Harms
• Pitcairnia domingensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia echinata Hooker
  • var. sublaevis L.B. Smith
  • var. vallensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia egleri L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia elizabethae L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia ellenbergii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia elliptica Mez & Sodiro
• Pitcairnia elongata L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia encholirioides L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia eximia Mez
• Pitcairnia explosiva L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia exserta L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia farinosa L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia feliciana (A. Chevalier) Harms & Mildbraed
• Pitcairnia fendleri Mez
• Pitcairnia ferrell-ingramiae H. Luther & Dalström
• Pitcairnia ferreyrae L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia filifera L.B. Smith ex H. Luther
• Pitcairnia flagellaris L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia flammea Lindley
  • var. roezlii (Morren) L.B. Smith
  • var. glabrior L.B. Smith
  • var. pallida L.B. Smith
  • var. floccosa L.B. Smith
  • var. macropoda L.B. Smith & Reitz
  • var. spinulosa E. Pereira
• Pitcairnia flavescentia Matuda
• Pitcairnia flexuosa L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia fluvialis L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia foliacea L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia foreroi H. Luther & G.S. Varadarajan
• Pitcairnia formosa L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia fosteriana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia fractifolia L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia fruticosa L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia fuertesii Mez
• Pitcairnia funkiae Spencer
• Pitcairnia fusca H. Luther
• Pitcairnia gemmipara L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia geotropa J.R. Grant
• Pitcairnia glaziovii Baker
• Pitcairnia glymiana K. Koch
• Pitcairnia goudae Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia grafii Rauh
• Pitcairnia graniticola B. Holst
• Pitcairnia grubbiana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia guaritermae André
• Pitcairnia gutteana W. Weber
• Pitcairnia guzmanioides L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia halophila L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia hatschbachii E. Pereira
• Pitcairnia haughtii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia heerdeae E. Gross & Rauh
• Pitcairnia heterophylla (Lindley) Beer
  • var. heterophylla
    • forma albiflora Standley & Smith
  • var. escapa Mez
• Pitcairnia heydlauffii R. Vásquez & Ibisch
• Pitcairnia hintoniana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia hirtzii H. Luther
• Pitcairnia hitchcockiana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia imbricata (Brongniart) Regel
• Pitcairnia inaequalis W. Weber
• Pitcairnia inermis (Meyer in Presl) Meyer ex Schultes f.
  • var. flava L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia insularis F. Tatagiba & R.J.V. Alves
• Pitcairnia integrifolia Ker-Gawler
• Pitcairnia irwiniana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia jaramilloi G.S. Varadarajan & Forero
• Pitcairnia jimenezii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia johannis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia juzepczukii W. Weber
• Pitcairnia kalbreyeri Baker
• Pitcairnia karwinskyana Schultes f.
  • var. viridis G.S. Varadarajan & Forero
• Pitcairnia kirkbridei L.B. Smith & Read
• Pitcairnia kniphofioides L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia koeneniana E. Gross & Barthlott
• Pitcairnia kressii H. Luther
• Pitcairnia kroemeri H. Luther
• Pitcairnia lanosisepala Matuda
• Pitcairnia lanuginosa Ruiz & Pavón
• Pitcairnia laxissima Baker
• Pitcairnia lechleri Baker
• Pitcairnia lehmannii Baker
• Pitcairnia lepidopetalon L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia leprieurii Baker
• Pitcairnia leprosa L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia lignosa L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia lindae Betancur
• Pitcairnia loki-schmidtiae Barthlott & Rauh
• Pitcairnia longebracteata Bouché ex Mez
• Pitcairnia longipes Mez
• Pitcairnia longissimiflora Ibisch, R. Vásquez & E. Gross
• Pitcairnia lopezii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia luschnathii W. Weber
• Pitcairnia lutescens Mez & Sodiro
• Pitcairnia lutheri Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia lyman-smithiana H. Luther
• Pitcairnia macarenensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia macranthera André
• Pitcairnia macrobotrys André
• Pitcairnia macrochlamys Mez
• Pitcairnia maidifolia (C. Morren) Decaisne
• Pitcairnia marinii Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia maritima L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia marnier-lapostollei L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia matogrossensis E. Pereira & Leme
• Pitcairnia matudae L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia megasepala Baker
• Pitcairnia melanopoda L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia membranifolia Baker
• Pitcairnia meridensis Klotzsch ex Mez
• Pitcairnia micheliana André
• Pitcairnia micotrinensis R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia microcalyx Baker
  • var. schlimii (Baker) L.B. Smith
  • var. elliptica L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia micropoda L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia mirandae J. Utley & Burt-Utley
• Pitcairnia modesta L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia mohammadii Ibisch & R. Vásquez
• Pitcairnia monticola Brandegee
• Pitcairnia mooreana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia moritziana K. Koch & Bouché
• Pitcairnia mucida L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia multiflora L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia multiramosa Mez
• Pitcairnia neillii Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia nematophora L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia nigra (Carrière) André
  • var. pulchella (Mez) H. Luther
• Pitcairnia nobilis Mez & Sodiro
• Pitcairnia nortefluminensis Leme
• Pitcairnia nubigena Planchon & Linden
• Pitcairnia oaxacana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia oblongifolia L.B. Smith
  • var. alversonii (Smith & Read) G.S. Varadarajan & Forero
• Pitcairnia odontopoda Baker
• Pitcairnia oliva-estevae J.R. Grant
• Pitcairnia oranensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia orchidifolia Mez
• Pitcairnia oxapampae H. Luther
• Pitcairnia palaciosii Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia pallidiflavens Rauh
• Pitcairnia palmeri S. Watson
• Pitcairnia palmoides Mez & Sodiro
• Pitcairnia paniculata (Ruiz & Pavón) Ruiz & Pavón
• Pitcairnia paraguayensis L.B. Smith
  • var. subintegra L.B. Smith
  • var. macrantha L.B. Smith
  • var. armata L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia pavonii Mez
• Pitcairnia petraea L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia phelpsiae (L.B. Smith) B. Holst & L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia piepenbringii Rauh & E. Gross
• Pitcairnia platystemon Mez
• Pitcairnia poeppigiana Mez
• Pitcairnia pomacochae Rauh
• Pitcairnia poortmanii André
• Pitcairnia prolifera Rauh
• Pitcairnia pseudopungens Rauh
• Pitcairnia pseudoundulata Rauh
• Pitcairnia pteropoda L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia puberula Mez & Donnell Smith
• Pitcairnia pulverulenta Ruiz & Pavón
• Pitcairnia pungens Kunth
  • var. pungens
    • forma alba Manzanares & W. Till
  • var. flava L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia pusilla Mez
• Pitcairnia puyoides L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia ramosii Spencer & L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia rectiflora Rauh
• Pitcairnia recurvata (Scheidweiler) K. Koch
• Pitcairnia reflexiflora André
• Pitcairnia rigida Mez
• Pitcairnia ringens Klotzsch ex Link, Klotzsch & Otto
• Pitcairnia riparia Mez
• Pitcairnia rojasii H. Luther
• Pitcairnia rondonicola L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia roseana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia roseoalba E. Gross & Rauh
  • var. rubra E. Gross & Rauh
  • var. amazonica (Baker) L.B. Smith
  • var. integra L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia rubronigriflora Rauh
• Pitcairnia ruderalis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia ruiziana Mez
• Pitcairnia rundelliana J.R. Grant
• Pitcairnia sagasteguii L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia saltensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia samuelssonii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia sandemanii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia sastrei L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia saxicola L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia scandens Ule
• Pitcairnia sceptriformis Mez
• Pitcairnia sceptrigera Mez
• Pitcairnia schiedeana Baker
• Pitcairnia schultzei Harms
• Pitcairnia schunkei L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia secundiflora L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia semaphora L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia serrulata L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Pitcairnia setipetiola L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia similis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia simulans H. Luther
  • var. ornata H. Luther
• Pitcairnia smithiorum H. Luther
• Pitcairnia sneidernii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia sodiroi Mez
• Pitcairnia sordida L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia spectabilis Mez
• Pitcairnia spicata (Lamarck) Mez
• Pitcairnia squarrosa L.B. Smith
  • var. colorata L.B. Smith
  • var. aurantiaca L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia staminea Loddiges
• Pitcairnia stenophylla André
• Pitcairnia stevensonii H. Luther & Whitten
• Pitcairnia steyermarkii L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia straminea Poeppig ex Mez
• Pitcairnia subfuscopetala Rauh & Hebding
• Pitcairnia subulifera L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia sulphurea Andrews
• Pitcairnia susannae Manzanares & W. Till
• Pitcairnia sylvestris L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia tabuliformis Linden
• Pitcairnia tarapotensis Baker
• Pitcairnia tillandsioides L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia tillii Manzanares
• Pitcairnia tolimensis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia torresiana L.B. Smith
  • var. glaberrima E. Pereira
• Pitcairnia trianae André
  • var. retusa L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia trimorpha L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia truncata L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia tuberculata L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia tuerckheimii Donnell Smith
• Pitcairnia tumulicola L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia tympani L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia ulei L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia undulata Scheidweiler
• Pitcairnia unilateralis L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia utcubambensis Rauh
• Pitcairnia valerioi Standley
• Pitcairnia vallisoletana Lexarza
• Pitcairnia vargasiana L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia venezuelana L.B. Smith & Steyermark
• Pitcairnia ventidirecta L.B. Smith & Betancur
• Pitcairnia verrucosa L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia villetaensis Rauh
• Pitcairnia virginalis J. Utley & Burt-Utley
• Pitcairnia wendlandii Baker
• Pitcairnia wendtiae F. Tatagiba & B.R. Silva
• Pitcairnia wilburiana J. Utley
• Pitcairnia windischii E. Pereira & L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia wolfei L.B. Smith
• Pitcairnia woronowii W. Weber
• Pitcairnia xanthocalyx Martius
• Pitcairnia yaupi-bajaensis Rauh

Cultivars and hybrids

• Pitcairnia albiflos × staminea
• Pitcairnia 'Beaujolais'
• Pitcairnia 'Bud Curtis'
• Pitcairnia 'Chiamenez'
• Pitcairnia 'Coral Horizon'
• Pitcairnia 'Flaming Arrow'
• Pitcairnia 'Hartwig'
• Pitcairnia 'Hattie'
• Pitcairnia 'Jim Scrivner'
• Pitcairnia 'Maroni'
• Pitcairnia 'Pinot Noir'
• Pitcairnia 'Stardust'
• Pitcairnia 'Stephen Hoppin'
• Pitcairnia 'Verdia Lowe'

External links

• BSI Genera Gallery photos
• http://fcbs.org/pictures/Pitcairnia.htm