Herbarium Specimen Details

Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality USA. Florida , Volusia Co. : Tomoka State Park. Between the youth camp and the park concession store; ca. 0.4 km due N of the Old Dixie Highway bridge at the Tomoka River. 29° 20' 43" N 81° 5' 13" W
Description Large, terrestrial herb ca. 60 cm tall, with leaves in a large, basal rosette ca. 0.75 m in diameter.
Habitat In waste area.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector J. M. Kunzer 684
Collection Date 01 Oct 2004
Accession Number 239679
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Temple Terrace. Riverhills Park. 27° 59' 25" N 82° 18' 6" W
Description Escaping on a border.
Reproductive State
Collector S. Dickman
Collection Date 06 Dec 2001
Accession Number 231177
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Temple Terrace. Riverhills Park. 27° 59' 25" N 82° 18' 6" W
Description Escaping on a border.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector S. Dickman
Collection Date 06 Dec 2001
Accession Number 231118
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Sweetwater Organic Farm, S of West Comanche Avenue, N of West Mohawk Avenue, and E of Sweetwater Creek, Town and Country; S portion of property. 27° 58' 44" N 82° 33' 49" W
Description Dense colony.
Habitat Understory of mesic oak hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. Chicone 801
Collection Date 13 Mar 2012
Accession Number 263776
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : Vacant property on US 17/92 (South French Avenue) at the intersection with Park Drive. 28° 46' 54" N 81° 16' 24" W
Description Apparently spontaneous or spreading.
Habitat Wooded waste area.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. H. Williams 3669
Collection Date 04 Jun 2013
Accession Number 269803
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality USA. Florida , Pasco Co. : Williams Cemetery Road, 0.4 km W of Prospect Road, 0.8 km S of FL 52, 6 km SW of Dade City. 28° 19' 43" N 82° 14' 28" W
Description Numerous.
Habitat Along roadside surrounded by pasture.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector A. R. Franck 3275
Collection Date 21 Nov 2013
Accession Number 271110
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality USA. Florida , Pasco Co. : Williams Cemetery Road, 0.4 km W of Prospect Road, 0.8 km S of FL 52, 6 km SW of Dade City. 28° 19' 43" N 82° 14' 28" W
Description Numerous.
Habitat Along roadside surrounded by pasture.
Reproductive State
Collector A. R. Franck 3275
Collection Date 21 Nov 2013
Accession Number 271101
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality USA. Florida , Lee Co. : The Hemmler Garden, Tice. 26° 40' 29" N 81° 48' 54" W
Description Foliage spiny, recurved at tips; fruit orange, pulpy.
Habitat Light shade.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector W. C. Brumbach
Collection Date 12 Feb 1971
Accession Number 286787
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Determination History
Bromelia fastuosa Lindl.
Locality USA. California , Los Angeles Co. : The Huntington Garden, San Marino.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector B. D. Clayton
Collection Date 21 Jul 1973
Accession Number 286788
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality Puerto Rico. Comerío Mun. : Along Rio La Plata, 2 mi. NE of Comerío, on a hill 0.3 mi. S of the junction of highways 156 and 781.
Description Terrestrial, rosettes with yellow fruits.
Habitat Disturbed, pastured forest on hillside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R. P. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & J. Lopez
Collection Date 25 Nov 1981
Accession Number 166860
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L.
Locality El Salvador. 5 mi. W of Honduras border.
Description Bromeliad hedge as a fence for stock, ca. 3.5 ft. tall; reddish bracts on inflorescence.
Habitat Near Acacia and Pereskia; cultivated and grazed area.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 400 to ft
Collector D. Dunn
with C. Dziekanowski & M. Pennell
Collection Date 31 Jul 1978
Accession Number 134948
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L. - Determined By: Utley,
Locality Nicaragua. Boaco Dept. El Ojo de Agua, carretera a Santa Lucía, 1 km al E de El Papaturro. 12° 24' 60" N 85° 44' 0" W
Description Terricola, infrutescencia verde.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 180 to 200 m
Collector P. P. Moreno
Collection Date 30 Jul 1981
Accession Number 264075
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L. - Determined By: Utley, 1981
Locality Nicaragua. Carazo Dept. Ca. 3.3 km SE of Casares on road to Huehuete, SE of LA Bocana Grande (estuary of Río Grande). 11° 37' 60" N 86° 20' 60" W
Description Abundant but rarely fertile, forming thicket; infrutescence ca. 4 dm tall, erect, terminal.
Habitat Beach, mangrove, valley, and low dry hillsides (sedimentary rocks) communities.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 0 to 50 m
Collector W. D. Stevens
with B. A. Krukoff
Collection Date 10 Jul 1977
Accession Number 264047
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L. - Determined By: Burt-Utley,
Locality Nicaragua. Chontales Dept. 3.4-3.8 km E of Puerto Díaz on road to Juigalpa. 11° 58' 0" N 85° 29' 0" W
Description Colonial rosette plant, bracts red in flower, corolla purple.
Habitat Pastures and patches of forest on level swampy plain.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 50 to m
Collector W. D. Stevens
with B. A. Krukoff & O. M. Montiel
Collection Date 05 Jun 1980
Accession Number 263994
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L. - Determined By: L. B. Sm.,
Locality Ecuador. Guayas Prov. Road to Julio Moreno, 19 km W of turnoff (near Changon) from Guayaquil-Salinas toll road. 2° 12' 21" S 79° 54' 29" W
Description Terrestrial, inner leaves red; bracts greenish white; flowers red.
Habitat Dry deciduous forest.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 100 to m
Collector A. Gentry
Collection Date 30 Oct 1974
Accession Number 263996
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Bromelia pinguin
Family Name Bromeliaceae
Currently Accepted Name Bromelia pinguin L. - Determined By: Utley, 1981
Locality Nicaragua. Rivas Dept. Along road SE from San Juan del Sur, 3-4 km NW of Río La Flor, Playa El Coco, Quebrada El Coco, a small peak S of quebrada. 11° 9' 0" N 85° 46' 60" W
Description Locally common, forming dense thickets; rosette plant spreading by rhizomes, primary branches of erect inflorescence axia collected, fruit with a mealy, dull white coating.
Habitat Cliff overhanging beach; dense low forest behind beach, open mangrove along quebrada, pasture at base of peak and deciduous forest on slopes.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 0 to 95 m
Collector W. D. Stevens
with B. A. Krukoff
Collection Date 11 Sep 1977
Accession Number 264002
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