Billbergia vittata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Billbergia |
| Subgenus: | Billbergia subg. Billbergia |
| Species: | B. vittata
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| Binomial name | |
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Billbergia vittata is a plant species in the genus Billbergia.
It is a tough hardy tubular shaped plant heavily festooned with silver trichomes in a distinctive banded pattern that boldly contrasts with the leaf pigments. The tube form is about 500 - 600mm high and retains a reservoir of water in the tube. The plant produces a brilliant red pink pendulous inflorescence with a series of small blue flowers, on whose nectar honey eaters such as the Eastern Spinebill feed.[3]
This species is native to Brazil.
Cultivars
[edit]- Billbergia 'Bismark'
- Billbergia 'Breauteana'
- Billbergia 'Calophylla'
- Billbergia 'Cappei'
- Billbergia 'Carminea'
- Billbergia 'Charles Webb'
- Billbergia 'Choc Chill'
- Billbergia 'Collevii'
- Billbergia 'Colores'
- Billbergia 'Dojo Master'
- Billbergia 'Domingos Martins'
- Billbergia 'El Jefe'
- Billbergia 'Franz Antoine'
- Billbergia 'Globrite'
- Billbergia 'Grey Mist'
- Billbergia 'Herbaultii'
- Billbergia 'Highlight'
- Billbergia 'Hilda Ariza'
- Billbergia 'Intermedia'
- Billbergia 'Joliboisii'
- Billbergia 'Joseph Marechal'
- Billbergia 'Lawrence'
- Billbergia 'Leodiensis'
- Billbergia 'Lissom'
- Billbergia 'Magic Grace'
- Billbergia 'Marechalii'
- Billbergia 'Medowie Dusk'
- Billbergia 'Misty Pink'
- Billbergia 'Misty Steel'
- Billbergia 'My Pleasure'
- Billbergia 'Oberthueri'
- Billbergia 'Olive Wills'
- Billbergia 'Penumbra'
- Billbergia 'Purple Smoke'
- Billbergia 'Raffle Prize'
- Billbergia 'Ralph Graham French'
- Billbergia 'Red Smoke'
- Billbergia 'Rhedonensis'
- Billbergia 'Rosea'
- Billbergia 'Salmon Gum'
- Billbergia 'Salmonea'
- Billbergia 'Silver Sheen'
- Billbergia 'Smoke & Fire'
- Billbergia 'Storm'
- Billbergia 'Touch of Grey'
- Billbergia 'Turbo'
- Billbergia 'Ultrajactensis'
- Billbergia 'Vittato-Nutans'
- Billbergia 'Wind & Thunder'
- Billbergia 'Windtalker'
- Billbergia 'Wittmackiana'
- Billbergia 'Zebrina Cappeana'
- × Cryptbergia 'Hombre'
References
[edit]- ^ "Billbergia vittata Brongn. ex C.Morel". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ "Billbergia vittata Brongn. ex C.Morel". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Billbergia vittata, catalogue of Bromeliad plants". www.lloydgodman.net. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- Martinelli, Gustavo; Vieira, Cláudia Magalhães; Gonzalez, Marcos; Leitman, Paula; Piratininga, Andréa; Costa, Andrea Ferreira da; Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (January 2008). "Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação" [Bromeliaceae of the brazilian Atlantic Forest: checklist, distribution and conservation]. Rodriguésia (in Brazilian Portuguese). 59 (1): 209–258. doi:10.1590/2175-7860200859114. JSTOR 23499386.
- BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009
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