Fascicularia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Fascicularia 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 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

Bromelioideae is a subfamily of the bromeliads . This subfamily is the most diverse, represented by the greatest number of genera with 32, but the least number of species with 861. Most of the plants in this group are epiphytes, though some have evolved in, or will adapt to, terrestrial conditions...

. The genus name is from the Latin “fasciculus” (bundle) and “arius” (pertaining to)

The genus Fascicularia is indigenous to Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. In the wild, all Fascicularias are either terrestrial

Terrestrial plant

A terrestrial plant is one that grows on land. Other types of plants are aquatic , epiphytic , lithophytes and aerial ....

or saxicolous.

Species

Fascicularia bicolor
Fascicularia bicolor
Fascicularia bicolor is a species of the genus Fascicularia. This species is endemic to Chile.-References:*...

(Ruiz & Pavón) Mez
- ssp. canaliculata E.C. Nelson & G. Zizka

External links

BSI Genera Gallery photos
http://fcbs.org/pictures/Fascicularia.htm

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