Pepinia bulbosa
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Pepinia bulbosa is a species of 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
.
Pepinia
Pepinia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. The genus name is for Pierre Denis Pépin, French member of the Imperial and Central Society of Agriculture . This genus has been merged with Pitcairnia by some taxonomists.-Species:* Pepinia agavifolia G.S...
. It was originally described by Lyman Bradford Smith
Lyman Bradford Smith
Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....
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
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
in dry rich soil in crevices of granite rock. It is also found in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
.