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Guzmania
Guzmania monostachia
Guzmania monostachia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Guzmania
Ruiz & Pav.
Species

Numerous, see text

Guzmania is a genus of epiphytes, the guzmanias. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Commelinidae is a Botanical name at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being Poales is an order of Flowering plants in the Monocotyledons and includes families of plants such as the grasses, Bromeliads, Tillandsioideae is a subfamily of plants in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae. Hipólito Ruiz López ( August 8, 1754, Belorado, Burgos, Spain &mdash1816 Madrid) or Hipólito Ruiz, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón ( April 22, 1754, Casatejada, Cáceres, Spain &mdash1840 was a In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic An epiphyte is an organism that grows upon or attaches to a living plant Several species of this genus are cultivated as indoor and outdoor garden plants. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. The best known is Guzmania lingulata (scarlet star) which bears orange and red bracts. Guzmania lingulata or Scarlet Star is a Species of Flowering plant in the Bromeliad family subfamily Tillandsioideae

Guzmanias die after a plant has produced its flowers in summer, but new plants can easily be propagated from the offsets which appear as the parent plant dies. They are epiphytes and can do well if tied on to pieces of bark with roots bound into sphagnum moss.

Guzmanias require warm temperatures and relatively high humidity. The sac fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana (anamorph of Cochliobolus sativus) and others can cause fatal root rot in plants of this genus if the roots get too wet and cold. Ascomycota is a Division / Phylum of Fungi, and subkingdom Dikarya, whose members are commonly known as the Sac Fungi. The Fungus Cochliobolus sativus is the teleomorph (sexual stage of Bipolaris sorokiniana (anamorph which is the causal agent of a wide Root rot is a condition found in both indoor and outdoor plants although more common in indoor plants with poor drainage

Selected species

Guzmania sanguinea
Guzmania sanguinea
Cultivar 'Rana'
Cultivar 'Rana'

Notable cultivars

Hybrids:



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