''Pitcairnia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of plants in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Bromeliaceae The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae ''sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain o ...

, subfamily

Pitcairnioideae Pitcairnioideae is a subfamily of the bromeliad family, Bromeliaceae. Traditionally, it was a large subfamily, comprising all those species with winged or more rarely naked seeds. Molecular phylogenetic studies showed that traditional Pitcairnioi ...

. It was named for

William Pitcairn William Pitcairn (9 May 1712 – 25 November 1791) was a Scottish physician and botanist. He was born in Dysart, Fife, the second son of the Revd David Pitcairn. A younger brother was John Pitcairn, who became a British Marine officer and was ...

, Scottish physician and gardener (1711–1791). The genus ''Pitcairnia'' ranks as the second most prolific of the bromeliad family (after ''

Tillandsia ''Tillandsia'' is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of northern Mexico and south-eastern United States, Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to ...

).'' They are most abundant in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, but can also be found in areas from

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

south 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 ...

. One species, ''

Pitcairnia feliciana ''Pitcairnia feliciana'' is a plant endemic to central Guinea in West Africa and is the only species of bromeliad not native to the Americas. It can be found growing on sandstone outcrops (inselbergs) of the Fouta Djallon highlands in Middle Guin ...

'', is found in tropical

West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...

and is the only member of the family Bromeliaceae not native to the

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> Almost all ''Pitcairnias'' are

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

saxicolous A saxicolous lichen is a lichen that grows on rock. The prefix "sax" from the Latin means "rock" or "stone". Characteristics Saxicolous lichens exhibit very slow growth rates. They may develop on rock substrates for long periods of time, give ...

, and prefer moist areas. However, many are found growing

epiphytically An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...

in trees.

Taxonomy

''Pitcairnia'' was established as a genus by

Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (; 15 June 1746 – 18 August 1800) was an 18th-century French botanist and civil servant. Born into an affluent upper-class Parisian family, connections with the French Royal Court secured him the position of ...

in 1788. In 1870, ''Pepinia'' was established as a genus by

Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart () Royal Society, FRS FRSE FGS (14 January 1801 – 18 February 1876) was a French botany, botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. ...

in a publication by

Édouard André Édouard François André (17 July 1840 – 25 October 1911) was a French horticulturalist, landscape designer, as well as a leading landscape architect of the late 19th century, famous for designing city parks and public spaces in Lithuania, ...

. ''Pepinia'' was reduced to a subgenus of ''Pitcairnia'' in 1881 by

John Gilbert Baker John Gilbert Baker (13 January 1834 – 16 August 1920) was an English botanist. His son was the botanist Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949). Biography Baker was born in Guisborough in North Yorkshire, the son of John and Mary (née Gilber ...

, but elevated again to a genus in 1988, largely on the basis of the morphology of its seeds. The use of morphological characters to differentiate ''Pepinia'' from ''Pitcairnia'' was rejected in 1999; a view confirmed later by multiple molecular studies.

Species

Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...

accepted 407 species, including those formerly placed in the genus ''Pepinia'', now treated as ''Pitcairnia'' subgenus ''Pepinia''. *'' Pitcairnia abundans'' L.B.Sm. – Oaxaca, Nayarit *'' Pitcairnia abyssicola'' Leme & L.Kollmann – Espírito Santo *'' Pitcairnia acicularis'' L.B.Sm. – Lambayeque *'' Pitcairnia adscendens'' L.B.Sm. – Valle del Cauca *'' Pitcairnia aequatorialis'' L.B.Sm. – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia agavifolia'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia agavifolia'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – State of Amazonas in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia alata'' L.B.Sm. – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia albiflos'' Herb. – Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia albifolia'' Cáceres Gonz. & A.Ibáñez *'' Pitcairnia albolutea'' J.R.Grant – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia alborubra'' Baker, syn. ''Pepinia alborubra'' (Baker) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia alexanderi'' (H.Luther) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob. – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia altensteinii'' (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Lem. – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia altoatratoensis'' G.S.Varad. & Forero – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia amblyosperma'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia amblyosperma'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Puebla *'' Pitcairnia amboroensis'' Ibisch, R.Vásquez, E.Gross & M.Kessler – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia anarosae'' Gonz.-Rocha, Mejía-Marín & Espejo *'' Pitcairnia ancuashii'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Peru *'' Pitcairnia andreana'' Linden – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia andreetae'' H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia angustifolia'' Aiton – Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles *'' Pitcairnia anomala'' Hoehne, syn. ''Pepinia anomala'' (Hoehne) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Mato Grosso *'' Pitcairnia aphelandriflora'' Lem., syn. ''Pepinia aphelandriflora'' (Lem.) André – Panama, Peru, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia archeri'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia arcuata'' (André) André – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia arenaria'' H.Luther – Peru *'' Pitcairnia arenicola'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia arida'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia armata'' Maury, syn. ''Pepinia armata'' (Maury) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia asplundii'' L.B.Sm. – Huánuco *'' Pitcairnia atrorubens'' (Beer) Baker – from Nayarit south to Colombia *'' Pitcairnia attenuata'' L.B.Sm. & Read, syn. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia augusti'' Harms *'' Pitcairnia aurea'' Rusby ex L.B.Sm. – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia aureobrunnea'' Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia azouryi'' Martinelli & Forzza – Espírito Santo *'' Pitcairnia bakeri'' (André) Mez – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia bakiorum'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia barbatostigma'' Leme & A.P.Fontana – Espírito Santo *'' Pitcairnia barrigae'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia basincurva'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia beachiae'' Utley & Burt-Utley, syn. ''Pepinia beachiae'' (Utley & Burt-Utley) H.Luther – Costa Rica *'' Pitcairnia bella'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia bergii'' H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia betancurii'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia beycalema'' Beer – Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia bicolor'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia bifaria'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia biflora'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia bifrons'' (Lindl.) Read – Guadeloupe, St. Kitts *'' Pitcairnia bifurcatispina'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia billbergioides'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia brachysperma'' André – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia brackeana'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia bradei'' Markgr., syn. ''Pepinia bradei'' (Markgraf) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Minas Gerais, Brasília *'' Pitcairnia breedlovei'' L.B.Sm. – Oaxaca, Chiapas *'' Pitcairnia brevicalycina'' Mez – Venezuela, Peru *'' Pitcairnia brittoniana'' (Mez) Mez – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia bromeliifolia'' L'Hér. – Jamaica *'' Pitcairnia brongniartiana'' André – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia brunnescens'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia bulbosa'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia bulbosa'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia, Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia burle-marxii'' Braga & Sucre – Espírito Santo *'' Pitcairnia buscalionii'' W.Till – State of Amazonas in Brazil *'' Pitcairnia caduciflora'' Rauh & E.Gross – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia calatheoides'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia calcicola'' J.R.Grant & J.F.Morales – Costa Rica *'' Pitcairnia calderonii'' Standl. & L.B.Sm. – Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras *'' Pitcairnia calophylla'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia camposii'' H.Luther – Peru *'' Pitcairnia cana'' B.Holst – State of Amazonas in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia cantuoides'' R.Vásquez & Ibisch – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia capitata'' L.B.Sm. – Nariño in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia capixaba'' Fraga & Leme – Espírito Santo *'' Pitcairnia cardenasii'' L.B.Sm. – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia caricifolia'' Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f., syn. ''Pepinia caricifolia'' (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil *'' Pitcairnia carinata'' Mez – Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia carioana'' Wittm. – Chiapas, Guatemala *'' Pitcairnia carnea'' Beer – Panama *'' Pitcairnia carnososepala'' Rauh & Gross, syn. ''Pepinia carnososepala'' (Rauh & E.Gross) H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia cassapensis'' Mez – Peru *'' Pitcairnia cataractae'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia caulescens'' (K.Koch ex Mez) Mez – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia cerrateana'' L.B.Sm. – Ancash in Peru *'' Pitcairnia chiapensis'' Miranda – Chiapas *'' Pitcairnia chiquitana'' R.Vásquez & Ibisch – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia chiriguana'' A.Cast. – Salta in Argentina *'' Pitcairnia chiriquensis'' L.B.Sm. – Panama *'' Pitcairnia chocoensis'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia clarkii'' H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia clavata'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia cofanorum'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia colimensis'' L.B.Sm. – Colima, Michoacán *'' Pitcairnia commixta'' L.B.Sm. – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia compostelae'' McVaugh – Jalisco, Nayarit *'' Pitcairnia condorensis'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia corallina'' Linden & André, syn. ''Pepinia corallina'' (Linden & André) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil *'' Pitcairnia corcovadensis'' Wawra – Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia cosangaensis'' Gilmartin – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia costata'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia costata'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia crassa'' L.B.Sm. – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia cremersii'' Gouda – Suriname, French Guiana *'' Pitcairnia crinita'' E.Pereira & Martinelli, syn. ''Pepinia martinellii'' H.Luther, nom. superfl. – Pará *'' Pitcairnia cristalinensis'' (Leme) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob., syn. ''Pepinia cristalinensis'' Leme – Goiás *'' Pitcairnia croatii'' H.Luther – Panama *'' Pitcairnia ctenophylla'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia ctenophylla'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – State of Bolívar in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia cuatrecasasiana'' L.B.Sm. *'' Pitcairnia cubensis'' (Mez) L.B.Sm. – Cuba *'' Pitcairnia curvidens'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Minas Gerais *'' Pitcairnia cuzcoensis'' L.B.Sm. – Cusco in Peru *'' Pitcairnia cyanopetala'' Ule – Peru *'' Pitcairnia cylindrostachya'' L.B.Sm. – Jalisco, Mexico State, Oaxaca, Nayarit *'' Pitcairnia decidua'' L.B.Sm. – Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais *'' Pitcairnia decurvata'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia delicata'' H.Luther – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia dendroidea'' André – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia densiflora'' Brongn. ex Lem. – Veracruz, Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia deroosei'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia devansayana'' André – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia diffusa'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia divaricata'' Wittm. – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia diversifolia'' Leme & A.P.Fontana *'' Pitcairnia dodsonii'' H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia dolichopetala'' Harms – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia domingensis'' L.B.Sm. – Dominican Republic *'' Pitcairnia echinata'' Hook. – Colombia, Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia egleri'' L.B.Sm. – Pará *'' Pitcairnia elizabethae'' L.B.Sm. – Hispaniola *'' Pitcairnia ellenbergii'' L.B.Sm. – Cusco in Peru *'' Pitcairnia elliptica'' Mez & Sodiro – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia elongata'' L.B.Sm. – Peru, Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia elvirae'' D.C.Taylor & H.Rob., syn. ''Pepinia verrucosa'' E.Gross – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia encholirioides'' L.B.Sm. – Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia ensifolia'' Mez, syn. ''Pepinia ensifolia'' (Mez) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Goiás *'' Pitcairnia epiphytica'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia epiphytica'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – State of Amazonas in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia eximia'' Mez – Junín in Peru *'' Pitcairnia explosiva'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia exserta'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia farinosa'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *''

'' (A.Chev.) Harms & Mildbr. – Guinea in West Africa *'' Pitcairnia fendleri'' (Mez) Mez – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia ferrell-ingramiae'' H.Luther & Dalström – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia ferreyrae'' L.B.Sm. – Ucayali in Peru *'' Pitcairnia filifera'' L.B.Sm. ex H.Luther – Peru *'' Pitcairnia filispina'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia filispina'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – State of Amazonas in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia fimbriatobracteata'' Rauh, syn. ''Pepinia fimbriatobracteata'' (Rauh) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Peru *'' Pitcairnia flagellaris'' L.B.Sm. – Guatemala, Honduras *'' Pitcairnia flammea'' Lindl. – southeastern Brazil *'' Pitcairnia flavescenta'' Matuda *'' Pitcairnia flexuosa'' L.B.Sm. – Guatemala, El Salvador, central + southern Mexico *'' Pitcairnia floresii'' Gouda & Ric.Fernández – Peru *'' Pitcairnia fluvialis'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia foliacea'' L.B.Sm. – Michoacán *'' Pitcairnia foreroi'' H.Luther & G.S.Varad. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia formosa'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia fosteriana'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia fractifolia'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia frequens'' L.B.Sm. & B.Holst ex Saraiva & Forzza – State of Amazonas in Brazil *'' Pitcairnia fruticosa'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia fuertesii'' Mez – Hispaniola *'' Pitcairnia funkiae'' M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm. – Costa Rica *'' Pitcairnia fusca'' H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia gemmipara'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia geotropa'' J.R.Grant – Panama *'' Pitcairnia geyskesii'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia geyskesii'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – northern Brazil, the Guianaa *'' Pitcairnia glauca'' Leme & A.P.Fontana – Espírito Santo *'' Pitcairnia glaziovii'' Baker – Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia glymiana'' K.Koch – described 1868 from material collected in Caribbean; probably extinct *'' Pitcairnia goudae'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia graniticola'' B.Holst, syn. – State of Bolívar in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia grubbiana'' L.B.Sm. – Boyacá in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia guaritermae'' André – Cundinamarca in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia gutteana'' W.Weber – Peru *'' Pitcairnia guzmanioides'' L.B.Sm. – Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia *'' Pitcairnia halophila'' L.B.Sm. – Costa Rica, Panama *'' Pitcairnia hammelii'' H.Luther, syn. ''Pepinia hammelii'' (H.Luther) H.Luther – Panama *'' Pitcairnia harlingii'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia harlingii'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia harrylutheri'' D.C.Taylor & H.Rob. – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia hatschbachii'' E.Pereira – Goiás *'' Pitcairnia haughtii'' L.B.Sm. – Cauca in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia heerdeae'' E.Gross & Rauh – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia heliophila'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia heliophila'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia heterophylla'' (Lindl.) Beer – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Central America, central + southern Mexico *''

Pitcairnia heydlauffii ''Pitcairnia'' is a genus of plants in the Family (biology), family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. It was named for William Pitcairn, Scottish physician and gardener (1711–1791). The genus ''Pitcairnia'' ranks as the second most prol ...

'' R.Vásquez & Ibisch – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia hintoniana'' L.B.Sm. – México State, Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia hirtzii'' H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia hitchcockiana'' L.B.Sm. – Venezuela, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia holstii'' (H.Luther) J.R.Grant – Peru *'' Pitcairnia hooveri'' (H.Luther) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob., syn. ''Pepinia hooveri'' H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia huilensis'' Betancur & Jiménez-Esc. *'' Pitcairnia imbricata'' (Brongn.) Regel – Central America, central + southern Mexico *'' Pitcairnia inaequalis'' W.Weber, syn. – Brazil; probably extinct *'' Pitcairnia inermis'' (E.Mey. ex C.Presl) E.Mey. ex Schult. & Schult.f. – Peru, Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia insularis'' Tatagiba & R.J.V.Alves – Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia integrifolia'' Ker Gawl. – Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil *'' Pitcairnia irwiniana'' L.B.Sm. – Goiás *'' Pitcairnia jaramilloi'' G.S.Varad. & Forero – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia jareckii'' Proctor & Cedeño-Mald. – British Virgin Islands *'' Pitcairnia jimenezii'' L.B.Sm. – Dominican Republic *'' Pitcairnia johannis'' L.B.Sm. – Santander in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia juncoides'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia juncoides'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin *'' Pitcairnia juzepczukii'' W.Weber – Junín in Peru *'' Pitcairnia kalbreyeri'' Baker – Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama *'' Pitcairnia karwinskyana'' Schult. & Schult.f. – central Mexico from Zacatecas to Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia killipiana'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia killipiana'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia kirkbridei'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Pará *'' Pitcairnia kniphofioides'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia koeneniana'' E.Gross & Barthlott – Nayarit *'' Pitcairnia kressii'' H.Luther – Panama *'' Pitcairnia kroemeri'' H.Luther – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia kunhardtiana'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia kunhardtiana'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – State of Amazonas in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia lanuginosa'' Ruiz & Pav. – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil *'' Pitcairnia laxissima'' Baker – Cauca in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia lechleri'' Baker – Peru *'' Pitcairnia lehmannii'' Baker – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia *'' Pitcairnia leopoldii'' (W.Till & S.Till) B.Holst, syn. ''Pepinia leopoldii'' W.Till & S.Till – State of Amazonas in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia lepidopetalon'' L.B.Sm. – Nariño in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia leprosa'' L.B.Sm. – Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia lignosa'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia limae'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia limae'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Ceará *'' Pitcairnia lindae'' Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia loki-schmidtiae'' Rauh & Barthlott – Jalisco *'' Pitcairnia longipes'' Mez – Cauca in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia longissimiflora'' Ibisch, R.Vásquez & E.Gross – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia lopezii'' L.B.Sm. – La Libertad in Peru *'' Pitcairnia luschnathii'' W.Weber, syn. – Brazil; probably extinct *'' Pitcairnia lutescens'' Mez & Sodiro – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia luteyniorum'' L B Sm. & Read, syn. ''Pepinia luteyniorum'' (L.B.Sm. & Read) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin *'' Pitcairnia lutheri'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia lymansmithiana'' H.Luther *'' Pitcairnia macarenensis'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia macranthera'' André – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia macrobotrys'' André – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia maguirei'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia maguirei'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – State of Amazonas in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia maidifolia'' (C.Morren) Decne. ex Planch. – Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Central America *'' Pitcairnia marinii'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia maritima'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia marnier-lapostollei'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia matogrossensis'' E.Pereira & Leme – Mato Grosso *'' Pitcairnia matudae'' L.B.Sm. – Chiapas *'' Pitcairnia megasepala'' Baker – Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia *'' Pitcairnia melanopoda'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia membranifolia'' Baker – Costa Rica *'' Pitcairnia meridensis'' (Klotzsch ex Mez) Mez – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia micheliana'' Andrews – Michoacán, Jalisco *'' Pitcairnia micotrinensis'' Read – Dominica, Martinique *'' Pitcairnia microcalyx'' Baker – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia micropoda'' L.B.Sm. – México State *'' Pitcairnia minicorallina'' (H.Luther) J.R.Grant – Peru *'' Pitcairnia mirandae'' Utley & Burt-Utley – Chiapas *'' Pitcairnia mituensis'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia mituensis'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia modesta'' L.B.Sm. – Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia mohammadii'' Ibisch & R.Vásquez – Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia monticola'' Brandegee – Sinaloa *'' Pitcairnia mooreana'' L.B.Sm. – Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia moritziana'' K.Koch & C.D.Bouché – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia mucida'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia multiflora'' L.B.Sm. – Panama, Colombia *'' Pitcairnia multiramosa'' (Mez) Mez – Chuquisaca *'' Pitcairnia neeana'' (L.B.Sm. ex H.Luther) J.R.Grant *'' Pitcairnia neglecta'' (H.Luther) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob., syn. ''Pepinia neglecta'' H.Luther – Peru *''

Pitcairnia neillii ''Pitcairnia'' is a genus of plants in the Family (biology), family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. It was named for William Pitcairn, Scottish physician and gardener (1711–1791). The genus ''Pitcairnia'' ranks as the second most prol ...

'' Manzan. & W.Till – Rondônia *'' Pitcairnia nematophora'' L.B.Sm. & Read – State of Amazonas in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia nigra'' (Carrière) André – Colombia, Panama, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia nobilis'' Mez & Sodiro – Chimborazo *'' Pitcairnia nortefluminensis'' Leme – Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia nubigena'' Planch. – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia nuda'' Baker, syn. ''Pepinia nuda'' (Baker) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia oaxacana'' L.B.Sm. – Oaxaca, Michoacán, Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia oblongifolia'' L.B.Sm. – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia occidentalis'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia occidentalis'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia odontopoda'' Baker – Peru, Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia olivaestevae'' J.R.Grant *'' Pitcairnia oranensis'' L.B.Sm. – Salta in Argentina *'' Pitcairnia orchidifolia'' Mez – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia oxapampae'' H.Luther – Peru *'' Pitcairnia palaciosii'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia pallidiflavens'' Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia palmeri'' S.Watson – central + western Mexico *'' Pitcairnia palmoides'' Mez & Sodiro – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia paniculata'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Ruiz & Pav. – Peru, Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia paraguayensis'' L.B.Sm. – Paraguay *'' Pitcairnia patentiflora'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia patentiflora'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Brazil, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia *'' Pitcairnia pavonii'' (Mez) Mez – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia pectinata'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia pectinata'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Antioquia of Colombia *'' Pitcairnia peruana'' (H.Luther) J.R.Grant – Peru *'' Pitcairnia petraea'' L.B.Sm. – Cundinamarca *'' Pitcairnia phelpsiae'' (L.B.Sm.) B.Holst & L.B.Sm. – State of Amazonas in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia piepenbringii'' Rauh & E.Gross – Bahia *'' Pitcairnia platypetala'' Mez, syn. ''Pepinia platypetala'' (Mez) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Brazil or Venezuela; probably extinct *'' Pitcairnia platystemon'' (Mez) Mez – Santa Cruz in Bolivia *'' Pitcairnia poeppigiana'' Mez – Peru *'' Pitcairnia pomacochae'' Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia poortmanii'' André – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia prolifera'' Rauh – Loja in Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia pruinosa'' Kunth, syn. ''Pepinia pruinosa'' Kunth – Colombia, Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia pseudopungens'' Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia pseudoundulata'' Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia pteropoda'' L.B.Sm. – Michoacán, Jalisco, Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia puberula'' Mez & Donn.Sm. – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia pulverulenta'' Ruiz & Pav. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia pungens'' Kunth – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru *'' Pitcairnia punicea'' Scheidw., syn. ''Pepinia punicea'' (Scheidw.) Andrews – Guatemala, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas *'' Pitcairnia pusilla'' (Mez) Mez – French Guiana *'' Pitcairnia puyoides'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia queroana'' Espejo & López-Ferr. *'' Pitcairnia quesnelioides'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia quesnelioides'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru *'' Pitcairnia ramosii'' M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia rectiflora'' Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia recurvata'' (Scheidw.) K.Koch – Guatemala, Belize, Chiapas *'' Pitcairnia reflexiflora'' André – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia rigida'' Mez – Colombia, Peru *'' Pitcairnia ringens'' Klotzsch – Hidalgo, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz *'' Pitcairnia riparia'' Mez – Ecuador, Peru *'' Pitcairnia robert-downsii'' Gonz.-Rocha, Espejo, López-Ferr. & Cast.-Riv. *'' Pitcairnia rojasii'' H.Luther – Amazonas Province in Peru *'' Pitcairnia rondonicola'' L.B.Sm. & Read – State of Amazonas in Brazil *'' Pitcairnia roseana'' L.B.Sm. – from Durango to Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia roseoalba'' E.Gross & Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia rubiginosa'' Baker, syn. ''Pepinia rubiginosa'' (Baker) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northern Brazil *'' Pitcairnia rubronigriflora'' Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia ruderalis'' L.B.Sm. – Ucayali *'' Pitcairnia ruiziana'' (Mez) Mez – Peru *'' Pitcairnia rundelliana'' J.R.Grant – Panama *'' Pitcairnia sagasteguii'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Peru *'' Pitcairnia saltensis'' L.B.Sm. – Salta in Argentina *'' Pitcairnia samuelssonii'' L.B.Sm. – Hispaniola *'' Pitcairnia sandemanii'' L.B.Sm. – Junín in Peru *'' Pitcairnia sanguinea'' (H.Luther) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob., syn. ''Pepinia sanguinea'' H.Luther – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia sastrei'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Amapá, French Guiana *'' Pitcairnia saxicola'' L.B.Sm. – Chiapas, Costa Rica, Panama *'' Pitcairnia saxosa'' Gouda – French Guiana *'' Pitcairnia scandens'' Ule – Peru *'' Pitcairnia sceptriformis'' Mez – Ecuador, Peru *'' Pitcairnia sceptrigera'' Mez – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia schiedeana'' Baker – Veracruz, Oaxaca *'' Pitcairnia schultzei'' Harms – Panama, Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia schunkei'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Peru *'' Pitcairnia secundiflora'' L.B.Sm. – Chiapas, Honduras *'' Pitcairnia semaphora'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia semijuncta'' Baker *'' Pitcairnia serrulata'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Peru *'' Pitcairnia setipetiola'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia similis'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia simulans'' H.Luther – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia singularis'' Flores-Arg., Espejo & López-Ferr. *'' Pitcairnia smithiorum'' H.Luther – Peru *'' Pitcairnia sneidernii'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia sodiroi'' Mez – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia sordida'' L.B.Sm. – Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia spectabilis'' (Mez) Mez – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia spicata'' (Lam.) Mez – Martinique *'' Pitcairnia sprucei'' Baker, syn. ''Pepinia sprucei'' (Baker) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, northern Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana *'' Pitcairnia squarrosa'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia staminea'' G.Lodd. – eastern Brazil from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia stenophylla'' André – Colombia, Peru *'' Pitcairnia stevensonii'' H.Luther & Whitten – Pichincha *'' Pitcairnia steyermarkii'' L.B.Sm. – Falcón in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia stolonifera'' L.B.Sm. & Read – Peru *'' Pitcairnia straminea'' (Poepp. ex Mez) Mez – Huánuco in Peru *'' Pitcairnia suaveolens'' Lindl. – Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia subfuscopetala'' Rauh & Hebding – Peru *'' Pitcairnia subulifera'' L.B.Sm. – Huánuco in Peru *'' Pitcairnia sulphurea'' Andrews – St. Vincent in Caribbean *'' Pitcairnia susannae'' Manzan. & W.Till – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia sylvestris'' L.B.Sm. – Cauca in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia tabuliformis'' Linden – Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala *'' Pitcairnia tarapotensis'' Baker – Peru *'' Pitcairnia tatzyanae'' (H.Luther) D.C.Taylor & H.Rob., syn. ''Pepinia tatzyanae'' H.Luther – Peru *'' Pitcairnia tillandsioides'' L.B.Sm. – Guerrero *'' Pitcairnia tillii'' Manzan. – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia tolimensis'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia torresiana'' L.B.Sm. – Mato Grosso *'' Pitcairnia trianae'' André – Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia *'' Pitcairnia trimorpha'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia truncata'' L.B.Sm. – Peru *'' Pitcairnia tuberculata'' L.B.Sm. – Mérida in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia tuerckheimii'' Donn.Sm. – Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala *'' Pitcairnia tumulicola'' L.B.Sm. – Nariño in Colombia *'' Pitcairnia turbinella'' L.B.Sm., syn. ''Pepinia turbinella'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia, Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia tympani'' L.B.Sm. – Mérida in Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia uaupensis'' Baker, syn. ''Pepinia uaupensis'' (Baker) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil *'' Pitcairnia ulei'' L.B.Sm. – Goiás, Brasília *'' Pitcairnia umbratilis'' L.B.Sm. – Huánuco *'' Pitcairnia undulata'' Scheidw. – Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz *'' Pitcairnia unilateralis'' L.B.Sm. – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia utcubambensis'' Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia valerii'' Standl. *'' Pitcairnia vallisoletana'' Lex. – Jalisco, Michoacán *'' Pitcairnia vandersteenii'' Gouda *'' Pitcairnia vargasiana'' L.B.Sm. – Cusco *'' Pitcairnia vargasii'' R.Vásquez & Ibisch *'' Pitcairnia venezuelana'' L.B.Sm. & Steyerm. – Venezuela *'' Pitcairnia ventidirecta'' L.B.Sm. & Betancur – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia verrucosa'' L.B.Sm. – Colombia, Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia villetaensis'' Rauh – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia violascens'' L.B.Sm. – Ecuador *'' Pitcairnia virginalis'' Utley & Burt-Utley – Oaxaca *'' Pitcairnia volker-schaedlichii'' P.J.Braun *'' Pitcairnia wendlandii'' Baker – Chiapas, Central America *'' Pitcairnia wendtiae'' Tatagiba & B.R.Silva – Rio de Janeiro *'' Pitcairnia wilburiana'' Utley ex L.B.Sm. & Read – Guatemala *'' Pitcairnia wolfei'' L.B.Sm. – Huánuco *'' Pitcairnia woronowii'' W.Weber – Colombia *'' Pitcairnia xanthocalyx'' Mart. – Querétaro, San Luis Potosí *'' Pitcairnia yaupi-bajaensis'' Rauh – Peru *'' Pitcairnia yocupitziae'' Espejo & López-Ferr. – Guerrero

Cultivars and hybrids

* ''Pitcairnia albiflos × staminea'' * ''Pitcairnia'' × ''daiseyana'' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Beaujolais' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Bud Curtis' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Chiamenez' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Coral Horizon' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Flaming Arrow' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Hartwig' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Hattie' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Jim Scrivner' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Maroni' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Pinot Noir' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Stardust' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Stephen Hoppin' * ''Pitcairnia'' 'Verdia Lowe'

References

External links

BSI Genera Gallery
photos * http://fcbs.org/pictures/Pitcairnia.htm {{Taxonbar, from=Q140970 Bromeliaceae genera Taxa named by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle