Global InformationAlcantarea imperialis information
| Alcantarea imperialis | |
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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: | Alcantarea |
| Species: | A. imperialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcantarea imperialis (Carrière) Harms
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Alcantarea imperialis is a species of bromeliad in the genus Alcantarea.[1] This species is endemic to Brazil.[1]
It was first described in 1888 as Vriesea imperialis by Élie-Abel Carrière, who dedicated it to the emperor of Brazil with the species epithet, imperialis.[2] It was assigned to the genus, Alcantarea, by Hermann Harms in 1930.[3]
- ^ a b "Alcantarea imperialis (Carrière) Harms | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ Carrière, E.-A. (1888). "Vriesia imperialis". Revue horticole. 60. Paris: 58.
- ^ Harms, H.A.T. (1930) Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 15a: 126