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Bromelia karatas L. (Sp. Pl. 285. 1753) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Barbados, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native?), Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (cultivated)[], Virgin Islands (doubful) ( ) ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Ananas marrón (Dominican Republic), Carata (Cuba), Karatas (Cuba), Karatas (L. Antilles), Maya cimarrona (Dominican Republic), Maya de burro (Dominican Republic), Maya de puerco (Dominican Republic), Maya de ratón (Dominican Republic), Maya piñón (Dominican Republic), Pingouin (L. Antilles), Pinguin (L. Antilles), Pingwing (L. Antilles), Piñuela (Cuba), Piñuela santa (Cuba), Synonyms: Bromelia plumieri (E. Morren) L.B. Sm. (Phytologia 15: 173. 1967), Karatas plumieri E. Morren (Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 22: 131. 1872.), Nidularium karatas (L.) Lem. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 591. 1864.), Citations:1). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 2). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 6). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 7). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 8). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 9). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 24 Apr 12 |