''Pitcairnia'' subg. ''Pepinia'' is a subgenus of plants in the

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Bromeliaceae. It has at times been treated as the separate

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

''Pepinia'', but is now included again in the genus ''

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

''. The name is for

Pierre Denis Pépin Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

, French member of the Imperial and Central Society of Agriculture (c.1802-1876).

Taxonomy

''Pepinia'' was established as a genus in 1870 by

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

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 Gilbert ...

, 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 later confirmed by multiple molecular studies.

Selected species

Species that have been placed in ''Pepinia'' and are now placed in ''Pitcairnia'' subg. ''Pepinia'' include: *''Pepinia agavifolia'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia agavifolia'' *''Pepinia alborubra'' (Baker) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia alborubra'' *''Pepinia alexanderi'' H.Luther = '' Pitcairnia alexanderi'' *''Pepinia amblyosperma'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia amblyosperma'' *''Pepinia aphelandriflora'' (Lemaire) André = '' Pitcairnia aphelandriflora'' *''Pepinia armata'' (Maury) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia armata'' *''Pepinia beachiae'' (J. Utley & Burt-Utley) H.Luther = '' Pitcairnia beachiae'' *''Pepinia bulbosa'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia bulbosa'' *''Pepinia caricifolia'' (Martius ex Schultes f.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia caricifolia'' *''Pepinia carnososepala'' (Rauh & E. Gross) H.Luther = '' Pitcairnia carnososepala'' *''Pepinia corallina'' (Linden & André) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia corallina'' *''Pepinia ctenophylla'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia ctenophylla'' *''Pepinia cuatrecasasiana'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia cuatrecasasiana'' *''Pepinia epiphytica'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia epiphytica'' *''Pepinia filispina'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia filispina'' *''Pepinia fulgens'' H.Luther = '' Pitcairnia harrylutheri'' *''Pepinia harlingii'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia harlingii'' *''Pepinia hooveri'' H.Luther = '' Pitcairnia hooveri'' *''Pepinia juncoides'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia juncoides'' *''Pepinia kunhardtiana'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia kunhardtiana'' *''Pepinia leopoldii'' W.Till & S.Till = '' Pitcairnia leopoldii'' *''Pepinia maguirei'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia maguirei'' *''Pepinia patentiflora'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia patentiflora'' *''Pepinia pruinosa'' Kunth = '' Pitcairnia pruinosa'' *''Pepinia punicea'' (Scheidweiler) Brongniart ex André = '' Pitcairnia punicea'' *''Pepinia rubiginosa'' (Baker) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia rubiginosa'' *''Pepinia sanguinea'' H.Luther = '' Pitcairnia sanguinea'' *''Pepinia turbinella'' (L.B.Sm.) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia turbinella'' *''Pepinia uaupensis'' (Baker) G.S.Varad. & Gilmartin = '' Pitcairnia uaupensis'' *''Pepinia verrucosa'' E. Gross = '' Pitcairnia elvirae''

References

External links

BSI Genera Gallery
photos {{Taxonbar, from=Q10348425 Pitcairnia Plant subgenera