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Genus: Alcantarea (E. Morren ex Mez) Harms

Sometimes included in: Vriesea Lindl.

Family: Bromeliaceae subfamily Tillandsioideae tribe Vrieseeae
Genus number: 17594
Last updated: 10-Jun-2011

No Species Records exist for this genus in GRIN.


References for genus:

  • Grant, J. R. 1995. The resurrection of Alcantarea and Werauhia, a new genus. Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt 91:11.
  • Grant, J. R. 1995. Addendum to "The resurrection of Alcantarea and Werauhia, a new genus" (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae). Phytologia 78:119–123.
More:
  • KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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  • Google Scholar

Check other nomenclature databases for Alcantarea:

  • ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
  • NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Alcantarea cultivars

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?17594 (20 June 2013)

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