Billbergia
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Billbergia is a genus of the botanical
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

 family
Family (biology)
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 Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3,170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana...

, subfamily Bromelioideae
Bromelioideae
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. The genus is named for the Swedish
Sweden
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 botanist, zoologist, and anatomist Gustaf Johan Billberg
Gustaf Johan Billberg
Gustaf Johan Billberg was a Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and had science and biology as a hobby....

. This genus is divided into two subgenera: Billbergia and Helicodea
Helicodea
Helicodea is a subgenus of the genus Billbergia.-Species:* Billbergia alfonsi-joannis Reitz* Billbergia brasiliensis L.B. Smith* Billbergia cardenasii L.B. Smith* Billbergia chiapensis Matuda* Billbergia cylindrostachya Mez...

. Many Billbergia are endemic to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 but individual species are represented from Mexico to Argentina.

Species

  • Billbergia acreana H. Luther
  • Billbergia alfonsi-joannis
    Billbergia alfonsi-joannis
    Billbergia alfonsi-joannis is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.- Cultivars :* Billbergia 'Alligator'* Billbergia 'Arctic Queen'* Billbergia 'Desiree'* Billbergia 'Gold Dust'...

    Reitz
  • Billbergia amoena
    Billbergia amoena
    Billbergia amoena is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Amoeno-Sanderiana'* Billbergia 'Cappei'* Billbergia 'Collevii'* Billbergia 'Curly Top'* Billbergia 'De Nada'...

    (Loddiges) Lindley
    • var. viridis L.B. Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

    • var. minor (Antoine & Beer) L.B. Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

    • var. carnea E. Pereira
    • var. stolonifera E. Pereira & Moutinho
      • forma viridiflora E. Pereira & Moutinho
    • var. flavescens Reitz
    • var. robertiana E. Pereira & Leme
  • Billbergia brachysiphon L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

    • var. paraensis L.B. Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

    • var. breviflora H. Luther
  • Billbergia bradeana
    Billbergia bradeana
    Billbergia bradeana is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia brasiliensis
    Billbergia brasiliensis
    Billbergia brasiliensis is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Bolivia and Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Desert Ripple'* Billbergia 'Happy Days'* Billbergia 'Hazy Purple'* Billbergia 'Silversmith'...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia buchholtzii Mez
    Carl Christian Mez
    Carl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...

  • Billbergia cardenasii
    Billbergia cardenasii
    Billbergia cardenasii is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Bolivia.- References :* Retrieved 21 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia castelensis
    Billbergia castelensis
    Billbergia castelensis is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    E. Pereira
  • Billbergia chiapensis Matuda
  • Billbergia chlorantha
    Billbergia chlorantha
    Billbergia chlorantha is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia × claudioi Leme
  • Billbergia cylindrostachya
    Billbergia cylindrostachya
    Billbergia cylindrostachya is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    Mez
    Carl Christian Mez
    Carl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...

  • Billbergia dasilvae Leme
  • Billbergia decora
    Billbergia decora
    Billbergia decora is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Bolivia.- Cultivars :* Billbergia 'Bruantii'* Billbergia 'Leopoldii'* Billbergia 'Showboat'* Billbergia 'Sunset'* Billbergia 'Theodore L. Mead'...

    Poeppig & Endlicher
  • Billbergia distachia
    Billbergia distachia
    Billbergia distachia is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Albertii'* Billbergia 'Conquistador'* Billbergia 'Crimson Candle'* Billbergia 'Fat Albert'...

    (Vellozo) Mez
    Carl Christian Mez
    Carl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...

    • var. straussiana (Wittmack) L.B. Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

    • var. concolor Reitz
    • var. maculata Reitz
  • Billbergia elegans
    Billbergia elegans
    Billbergia elegans is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Caraca'* Billbergia 'Esther'* Billbergia 'George Cooley'* xCryptbergia 'Hazel Quilhot'-References:...

    Martius ex Schultes f.
  • Billbergia eloiseae
    Billbergia eloiseae
    Billbergia eloiseae is a species of the genus Billbergia.-References:* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

     & R.W. Read
  • Billbergia euphemiae
    Billbergia euphemiae
    Billbergia euphemiae is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Eipperii'* Billbergia 'Joyous'* Billbergia 'Violet Queen'-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    E. Morren
    Charles Jacques Édouard Morren
    Charles Jacques Édouard Morren , was a Belgian botanist, professor of botany and director of the Jardin botanique de l'Université de Liège from 1857-1886. His special field of study was the Bromeliaceae on which family he was the recognised authority...

    • var. nudiflora L.B. Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

    • var. saundersioides L.B. Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

    • var. purpurea M.B. Foster
  • Billbergia formosa
    Billbergia formosa
    Billbergia formosa is a species of the genus Billbergia.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Caroliniana'* Billbergia 'Wallonia'-References:* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    Ule
  • Billbergia fosteriana L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia horrida
    Billbergia horrida
    Billbergia horrida is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    Regel
    • var. tigrina hortus ex Baker
  • Billbergia incarnata (Ruiz & Pavón) Schultes f.
  • Billbergia iridifolia
    Billbergia iridifolia
    Billbergia iridifolia is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    (Nees & Martius) Lindley
    • var. concolor L.B. Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia issingiana T. Krömer & E. Gross
  • Billbergia jandebrabanderi R. Vásquez & Ibisch
  • Billbergia kautskyana
    Billbergia kautskyana
    Billbergia kautskyana is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    E. Pereira
  • Billbergia kuhlmannii
    Billbergia kuhlmannii
    Billbergia kuhlmannii is a species of the genus Billbergia.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Alii'* Billbergia 'Puna Pride'-References:* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia laxiflora
    Billbergia laxiflora
    Billbergia laxiflora is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia leptopoda
    Billbergia leptopoda
    Billbergia leptopoda is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Cold Fusion'* Billbergia 'Curlew'* Billbergia 'Curly Top'* Billbergia 'Elfin'* Billbergia 'Genevieve'...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia lietzei
    Billbergia lietzei
    Billbergia lietzei is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    E. Morren
    Charles Jacques Édouard Morren
    Charles Jacques Édouard Morren , was a Belgian botanist, professor of botany and director of the Jardin botanique de l'Université de Liège from 1857-1886. His special field of study was the Bromeliaceae on which family he was the recognised authority...

  • Billbergia lymanii
    Billbergia lymanii
    Billbergia lymanii is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    E. Pereira & Leme
    • var. angustifolia E. Pereira & Leme
  • Billbergia macracantha
    Billbergia macracantha
    Billbergia macracantha is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    E. Pereira
  • Billbergia macrocalyx
    Billbergia macrocalyx
    Billbergia macrocalyx is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Bill's Baby'* Billbergia 'Candy'* Billbergia 'Gala'-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    Hooker
  • Billbergia macrolepis
    Billbergia macrolepis
    Billbergia macrolepis is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Costa Rica, Venezuela and Ecuador.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009* retrieved 3 November 2009* Retrieved 12 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia magnifica
    Billbergia magnifica
    Billbergia magnifica is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    Mez
    Carl Christian Mez
    Carl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...

    • var. acutisepala Hassler
  • Billbergia manarae
    Billbergia manarae
    Billbergia manarae is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Venezuela.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...

    Steyermark
  • Billbergia meyeri
    Billbergia meyeri
    Billbergia meyeri is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Bolivia and Brazil.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    Mez
    Carl Christian Mez
    Carl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...

  • Billbergia microlepis
    Billbergia microlepis
    Billbergia microlepis is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Bolivia.- References :* Retrieved 21 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia minarum
    Billbergia minarum
    Billbergia minarum is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

    • var. viridiflora E. Pereira & Leme
  • Billbergia morelii
    Billbergia morelii
    Billbergia morelii is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Andegavensis'* Billbergia 'Belgica'* Billbergia 'Frolic'* Billbergia 'Full Moon'* Billbergia 'Gargoyle'...

    Brongniart
  • Billbergia nana
    Billbergia nana
    Billbergia nana is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    E. Pereira
  • Billbergia nutans
    Billbergia nutans
    Billbergia nutans is an epiphytic bromeliad native from Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant, and it is probably one of the most common Bromeliads grown. It is a durable house plant because this bromeliad can often withstand several periods of neglect.-...

    H. Wendland ex Regel
    • var. schimperiana (Wittmack) Baker
    • var. striata Reitz
  • Billbergia oxysepala
    Billbergia oxysepala
    Billbergia oxysepala is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Ecuador.-References:* Retrieved 12 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    Mez
    Carl Christian Mez
    Carl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...

  • Billbergia pallidiflora
    Billbergia pallidiflora
    Billbergia pallidiflora is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Mexico.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...

    Liebmann
  • Billbergia pohliana
    Billbergia pohliana
    Billbergia pohliana is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    Mez
    Carl Christian Mez
    Carl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...

  • Billbergia porteana
    Billbergia porteana
    Billbergia porteana is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    Brongniart ex Beer
  • Billbergia pyramidalis
    Billbergia pyramidalis
    Billbergia pyramidalis is a species in the Bromeliaceae family....

    (Sims) Lindley
    • var. concolor L.B. Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

    • var. striata M.B. Foster
    • var. lutea Leme & W. Weber
  • Billbergia reichardtii
    Billbergia reichardtii
    Billbergia reichardtii is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    Wawra
    Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee
    Heinrich Wawra Ritter von Fernsee, born Jindřich Blažej Vávra, was a Czech-Austrian ship surgeon, botanist and explorer....

  • Billbergia robert-readii
    Billbergia robert-readii
    Billbergia robert-readii is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...

    E. Gross & Rauh
  • Billbergia rosea
    Billbergia rosea
    Billbergia rosea is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Venezuela.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...

    hortus ex Beer
  • Billbergia rubicunda Mez
    Carl Christian Mez
    Carl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...

  • Billbergia rupestris L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia sanderiana
    Billbergia sanderiana
    Billbergia sanderiana is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Alaka'i'* Billbergia 'Amoeno-Sanderiana'* Billbergia 'Audrey'* Billbergia 'Bernard Stonor'...

    E. Morren
    Charles Jacques Édouard Morren
    Charles Jacques Édouard Morren , was a Belgian botanist, professor of botany and director of the Jardin botanique de l'Université de Liège from 1857-1886. His special field of study was the Bromeliaceae on which family he was the recognised authority...

  • Billbergia saundersii
    Billbergia saundersii
    Billbergia saundersii is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Aussie Rose'* Billbergia 'Charles Dewey'* Billbergia 'Cream Puff'* Billbergia 'Escaffrei'...

    W. Bull
  • Billbergia seidelii
    Billbergia seidelii
    Billbergia seidelii is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    L.B. Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith
    Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

     & Reitz
  • Billbergia stenopetala
    Billbergia stenopetala
    Billbergia stenopetala is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Ecuador.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Hirtz'* Billbergia 'Sangre'-References:* Retrieved 12 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    Harms
  • Billbergia tessmannii
    Billbergia tessmannii
    Billbergia tessmannii is a species of the genus Billbergia.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Bam'* Billbergia 'Selby'* Billbergia 'Sunset'-References:* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    Harms
  • Billbergia tweedieana
    Billbergia tweedieana
    Billbergia tweedieana is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil.-References:* retrieved 22 October 2009...

    Baker
    • var. latisepala L.B. Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith
      Lyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....

  • Billbergia velascana
    Billbergia velascana
    Billbergia velascana is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...

    M. Cardenas
  • Billbergia violacea
    Billbergia violacea
    Billbergia violacea is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    Beer
  • Billbergia viridiflora
    Billbergia viridiflora
    Billbergia viridiflora is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Mexico.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...

    H. Wendland
  • Billbergia vittata
    Billbergia vittata
    Billbergia vittata is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Bismark'* Billbergia 'Breauteana'* Billbergia 'Calophylla'* Billbergia 'Cappei'* Billbergia 'Carminea'...

    Brongniart
  • Billbergia zebrina
    Billbergia zebrina
    Billbergia zebrina is a species of the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Brazil.-Cultivars:* Billbergia 'Ambiorix'* Billbergia 'Astro Pink'* Billbergia 'Astronaut'* Billbergia 'Bam'* Billbergia 'Charles Dewey'...

    (Herbert) Lindley

Cultivars

  • Fantasia (Billbergia pyramidalis x Billbergia saudersii) Hybridizer: Mulford B. Foster
    Mulford B. Foster
    Mulford Bateman Foster was a man known by many as the "Father of the Bromeliad" as he was instrumental in the discovery and introduction of many new species of Bromeliad to the United States. He also devoted his life to hybridizing and contributed widely to the knowledge of the plant species...



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