''Billbergia formosa'' is a

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Billbergia ''Billbergia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. Description The ''Billbergia'' species are rosette-forming, evergreen perennial plants, perennials, usually epiphyte, epiphytic, ...

''. It is

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but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. The species is very rare in the wild and listed as

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.Vásquez Martínez, R. 1997. Flórula de las reservas biológicas de Iquitos, Perú: Allpahuayo–Mishana, Explornapo Camp, Explorama Lodge. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 63: 1–1046.

Cultivars

* ''Billbergia'' 'Caroliniana' * ''Billbergia'' 'Wallonia'BSI Cultivar Registry
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References

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