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Billbergia
Billbergia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus, named for the Swedish botanist, zoologist, and anatomist Gustaf Johan Billberg, is divided into two subgenera: Billbergia and Helicodea. They are native to forest and scrub, up to an altitude of 1,700 m (5,577 ft), in southern Mexico, the West Indies, Central America and South America, with many species endemic to Brazil.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Fool Proof Plant
speciesBillbergia pyramidalis
Queen's Tears
speciesBillbergia nutans
Billbergia amoena
speciesBillbergia amoena
Billbergia zebrina
speciesBillbergia zebrina
Billbergia distachia
speciesBillbergia distachia
Billbergia pallidiflora
speciesBillbergia pallidiflora
Billbergia porteana
speciesBillbergia porteana
Billbergia × windii
hybridBillbergia × windii
Billbergia euphemiae
speciesBillbergia euphemiae
Billbergia vittata
speciesBillbergia vittata
Billbergia alfonsi-joannis
speciesBillbergia alfonsi-joannis
Billbergia horrida
speciesBillbergia horrida
Billbergia violacea
speciesBillbergia violacea
Billbergia elegans
speciesBillbergia elegans
Billbergia tweedieana
speciesBillbergia tweedieana
Billbergia bradeana
speciesBillbergia bradeana
Billbergia sanderiana
speciesBillbergia sanderiana
Billbergia macrocalyx
speciesBillbergia macrocalyx
Billbergia morelii
speciesBillbergia morelii
Billbergia iridifolia
speciesBillbergia iridifolia
Billbergia rosea
speciesBillbergia rosea
Billbergia viridiflora
speciesBillbergia viridiflora
Billbergia saundersii
speciesBillbergia saundersii
Billbergia leptopoda
speciesBillbergia leptopoda
Billbergia brasiliensis
speciesBillbergia brasiliensis
Billbergia lietzei
speciesBillbergia lietzei
Billbergia issingiana
speciesBillbergia issingiana
Billbergia stenopetala
speciesBillbergia stenopetala
Billbergia meyeri
speciesBillbergia meyeri
Billbergia lymanii
speciesBillbergia lymanii
Billbergia oxysepala
speciesBillbergia oxysepala
Billbergia macrolepis
speciesBillbergia macrolepis
Billbergia kuhlmannii
speciesBillbergia kuhlmannii
Billbergia acreana
speciesBillbergia acreana
Billbergia decora
speciesBillbergia decora
Billbergia tessmannii
speciesBillbergia tessmannii
Billbergia nana
speciesBillbergia nana
Billbergia buchholtzii
speciesBillbergia buchholtzii
Billbergia jandebrabanderi
speciesBillbergia jandebrabanderi
Billbergia manarae
speciesBillbergia manarae
Billbergia robert-readii
speciesBillbergia robert-readii
Billbergia seidelii
speciesBillbergia seidelii
Billbergia eloiseae
speciesBillbergia eloiseae
Billbergia velascana
speciesBillbergia velascana
Billbergia pohliana
speciesBillbergia pohliana
Billbergia magnifica
speciesBillbergia magnifica
Billbergia cardenasii
speciesBillbergia cardenasii
Billbergia × claudioi
hybridBillbergia × claudioi
Billbergia brachysiphon
speciesBillbergia brachysiphon
Billbergia castelensis
speciesBillbergia castelensis
Billbergia chlorantha
speciesBillbergia chlorantha
Billbergia cylindrostachya
speciesBillbergia cylindrostachya
Billbergia dasilvae
speciesBillbergia dasilvae
Billbergia formosa
speciesBillbergia formosa
Billbergia incarnata
speciesBillbergia incarnata
Billbergia kautskyana
speciesBillbergia kautskyana
Billbergia laxiflora
speciesBillbergia laxiflora
Billbergia matogrossensis
speciesBillbergia matogrossensis
Billbergia microlepis
speciesBillbergia microlepis
Billbergia reichardtii
speciesBillbergia reichardtii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 142340.