''Deuterocohnia brevifolia'' is a species of plant in the family
Bromeliaceae. This species is
native
Native may refer to:
People
* Jus soli, citizenship by right of birth
* Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory
** Native Americans (disambiguation)
In arts and entert ...
to
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
and
Bolivia,
but is also popular as a potted houseplant or
ground cover
Groundcover or ground cover is any plant that grows over an area of ground. Groundcover provides protection of the topsoil from erosion and drought.
In an ecosystem, the ground cover forms the layer of vegetation below the shrub layer known as ...
elsewhere. A terrestrial species, it prefers sun or light shade and can grow in large dense mats of leaves given proper conditions.
Footnotes
References
*M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm., Bradea 6: 144 (1992).
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External links
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brevifolia
Flora of Argentina
Flora of Bolivia
Plants described in 1879
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