Bromeliaceae
Pina cortadora
Pitcairnia angustifolia
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Pitcairnia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 阔叶穗花凤梨
- English
- Pina cortadora
Synonyms
- Hepetis angustifolia (Aiton) Raeusch.
- Hepetis gracilis Mez
- Hepetis latifolia (Andrews ex Aiton) Mez
- Hepetis latifolia (Andrews ex Aiton) Raeusch.
- Hepetis latifolia (Aiton) Raeusch.
- Hepetis platyphylla (Schrad.) Mez
- Hepetis pyramidata O.J.Rich. ex Baker
- Hepetis ramosa (Jacq.) Mez
- Hepetis tomentosa (F.Dietr.) Mez
- Pitcairnia angustifolia var. simplicior Proctor & Cedeño-Mald.
- Pitcairnia furfuracea J.Jacq.
- Pitcairnia gracilis (Mez) Mez
- Pitcairnia intermedia Schult. & Schult.f.
- Pitcairnia latifolia Andrews
- Pitcairnia latifolia Andrews ex Aiton
- Pitcairnia platyphylla Schrad.
- Pitcairnia ramosa J.Jacq.
- Pitcairnia ramosa K.Koch
- Pitcairnia redouteana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Pitcairnia skinneri Baker
- Pitcairnia skinneri hort. ex Baker
- Pitcairnia tomentosa F.Dietr. ex Beer
- Pitcairnia tomentosa hort. ex F.Dietr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sebamoi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.