''Canistropsis billbergioides'' is a
species
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of
flowering plant
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in the
genus
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''Canistropsis''. This species is
endemic
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to
Brazil
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.
Two forms may be recognized:
*''Canistropsis billbergioides'' f. ''azurea''
*''Canistropsis billbergioides'' f. ''billbergioides''
Gallery
File:Canistropsis billbergioides pink 20090726.jpg, Pink form
File:Canistropsis billbergioides forma azurea 20100209.jpg, forma ''azurea''
References
*
BSI Cultivar RegistryRetrieved 11 October 2009
billbergioides
Flora of Brazil
Plants described in 1830
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