Pitcairnia alexanderi

Pitcairnia alexanderi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Pitcairnia
Subgenus:	Pitcairnia subg. Pepinia
Species:	P. alexanderi
Binomial name
Pitcairnia alexanderi (H.Luther) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob. [2]
Synonyms [2]
Pepinia alexanderiH.Luther

Pitcairnia alexanderi is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to eastern Ecuador, ^[2] where it is known from only three subpopulations in Morona-Santiago Province. It grows in Amazonian forest habitat, and it is threatened by deforestation. ^[1] It was first described by Harry Edward Luther in 1991 as Pepinia alexanderi. ^[3]

References

1. Manzanares, J.M.; Pitman, N. (2003). "Pepinia alexanderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2003 e.T43274A10785127. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43274A10785127.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Pitcairnia alexanderi (H.Luther) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2022-11-07.
3. "Pitcairnia alexanderi (H.Luther) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob." The International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 2022-11-07.