''Portea kermesina'' ('kermesina'=crimson) is a plant

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

in the genus ''

Portea ''Portea'' is a genus in the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to the Atlantic coast of Brazil. It is named for Dr. Marius Porte, a nineteenth-century French naturalist who died in 1866 in Manilla while on a colle ...

'' in the bromeliad family. The

bromeliad The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...

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to the Atlantic Forest biome (''Mata Atlantica Brasileira'') and to

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

state, located in southeastern

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.DPI.inpe.br: "BROMELIACEAE da MATA ATLÂNTICA BRASILEIRA: Lista de ESPÉCIES, DISTRIBUIÇÃO e CONSERVAÇÃO"
''Rodriguésia 59'', February 2008; ppg 209−258; article−, abstract− species lists−. accessed 30 May 2016. it grows near rivers at sea level. It is a critically endangered species.

Description

''Portea kermesina'' contains a dozen or so broad green and red leaves, that reach long and wide. The plant produces a flower spike with "large, rose bracts and blue-petaled flowers." The inflorescence flowers at a height of and is characterized by a purplish red color. Porteas from Brazil are some of the most decorative. Portea kermesina has apple green leaves and thrives in diffused light. Portea Kermesiana pot

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7231547 kermesina Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of Bahia Flora of the Atlantic Forest Critically endangered flora of South America