Pitcairnia bulbosa — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Poales/Bromeliaceae/Pitcairnia

At a glance

Occurrence records33

Data sources5

Biological traits12

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Pitcairnia bulbosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility33 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources12 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF33 records

01Narrative

Pepinia bulbosa is a species in the genus Pepinia. It was originally described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1955 as Pitcairnia bulbosa and later moved to the genus Pepinia by Ganapathy Subramaniam Varadarajan and Amy Jean Gilmartin in 1988. This species is found in Colombia in dry rich soil in crevices of granite rock. It is also found in Venezuela.Smith, L. B. (1977), The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Baltimore: Reed Herbarium.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formlithophyte

Lifeform raunkiaer detailedlithophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max440 m

Elevation min83 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type33 records

Wild obs. + sensor6

Museum / vouchered27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO92 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 5

5 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor6

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence27

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	9
Saint Louis, US	7
Chicago, US	3
Bronx, US	3
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record	2
Altos de Pipe, VE	1
Kew, GB	1
VENlocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 27 of 27 vouchered records shown