Pitcairnia pungens Kunth is a plant in the Bromeliaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Pitcairnia pungens Kunth

Pitcairnia pungens Kunth

Pitcairnia pungens is an Ecuadorian native bromeliad in the Pitcairnia genus, one parent of the natural hybrid Pitcairnia × daiseyana.

Family
Genus
Pitcairnia
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Pitcairnia pungens Kunth

Pitcairnia pungens Kunth is a bromeliad plant species that belongs to the genus Pitcairnia. It is native to Ecuador. Pitcairnia × daiseyana, a natural hybrid, comes from a cross between P. heterophylla and P. pungens.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Bromeliaceae Pitcairnia

More from Bromeliaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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