Guzmania lindenii (André) Mez, Bromeliaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 7 (Go to the risk assessment)

Habit:  bromeliad

Description:  "This species grows to ca 1 m tall (3.00-4.35 m when flowering) and is most easily recognized by its spineless, 70 cm long, 7-8 cm wide linear leaves, which are reddish at the base, green toward the apex, and are crossbanded with irregular greenish lines. The scape is stout and erect, and its bracts are imbricate and patterned as the leaves. The inflorescence is compound, 2.00-3.35 m tall, tripinnate at base and bipinnate above, the axes green, striate, and glabrous. The petals are white, the tube exceeding the sepals, the stamens shorter than the petals but exserted from the tube. The fruit is a capsule, containing small seeds with a brown plumose appendage, which are easily wind dispersed"  (Frohlich & Lau, 2010; p. 6).

Habitat/ecology:  In its native habitat, "grows as a low epiphyte but also terrestrially in shady wet forest between 1000-1500 m elevation"  (Frohlich & Lau, 2010; p. 6).

Propagation:  Seed, wind dispersed  (Frohlich & Lau, 2010; p. 6).

Native range:  Northern Peru  (Frohlich & Lau, 2010; p. 6).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced invasive	Frohlich, Danielle/Lau, Alex (2010) (pp. 6-7) Voucher cited: A. Lau & C. Imada 2008110902 (BISH)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Perú Perú	Perú (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)

Additional information:
Additional online information about Guzmania lindenii is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Guzmania lindenii as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Guzmania lindenii may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Frohlich, Danielle/Lau, Alex. 2010. New plant records from O‘ahu for 2008. In: Evenhuis, Neal L. and Eldredge, Lucias G., eds. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2008. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 107:3-18.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.