Genus: Racinaea Life
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Bromeliaceae
About 60 species, native to Central and South America. Four
species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002), where these species are placed under
the genus Tillandsia.
Racinaea ropalocarpa
[= Tillandsia ropalocarpa]
Native from Colombia to Peru. |
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Racinaea spiculosa
[= Tillandsia spiculosa]
Native from Colombia to Brazil. |
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Racinaea tenuispica
[= Tillandsia tenuispica]
Native to Colombia and Venezuela. |
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Racinaea tetrantha
[= Tillandsia tetrantha]
Native from Venezuela to Peru. |
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