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Fosterella
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Fosterella

Fosterella is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Pitcairnioideae. It contains 31 recognized species, 30 native to central and western South America, one to Mesoamerica. The genus is named after Mulford B. Foster, American horticulturist and collector (1888-1978).

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34 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Fosterella micrantha

speciesFosterella micrantha

Fosterella penduliflora

speciesFosterella penduliflora

Fosterella albicans

speciesFosterella albicans

Fosterella hatschbachii

speciesFosterella hatschbachii

Fosterella chaparensis

speciesFosterella chaparensis

Fosterella weberbaueri

speciesFosterella weberbaueri

Fosterella schidosperma

speciesFosterella schidosperma

Fosterella rusbyi

speciesFosterella rusbyi

Fosterella bodoquenensis

speciesFosterella bodoquenensis

Fosterella petiolata

speciesFosterella petiolata

Fosterella rojasii

speciesFosterella rojasii

Fosterella vasquezii

speciesFosterella vasquezii

Fosterella weddelliana

speciesFosterella weddelliana

Fosterella aletroides

speciesFosterella aletroides

Fosterella caulescens

speciesFosterella caulescens

Fosterella christophii

speciesFosterella christophii

Fosterella heterophylla

speciesFosterella heterophylla

Fosterella atlantica

speciesFosterella atlantica

Fosterella lilliputiana

speciesFosterella lilliputiana

Fosterella spectabilis

speciesFosterella spectabilis

Fosterella windischii

speciesFosterella windischii

Fosterella gracilis

speciesFosterella gracilis

Fosterella batistana

speciesFosterella batistana

Fosterella rexiae

speciesFosterella rexiae

Fosterella yuvinkae

speciesFosterella yuvinkae

Fosterella elviragrossiae

speciesFosterella elviragrossiae

Fosterella nicoliana

speciesFosterella nicoliana

Fosterella kroemeri

speciesFosterella kroemeri

Fosterella graminea

speciesFosterella graminea

Fosterella floridensis

speciesFosterella floridensis

Fosterella pearcei

speciesFosterella pearcei

Fosterella cotacajensis

speciesFosterella cotacajensis

Fosterella robertreadii

speciesFosterella robertreadii

Fosterella villosula

speciesFosterella villosula

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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 272910.