Wittrockia superba is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. The bromeliad is endemic to the Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlantica Brasileira), located in southeastern Brazil. It is native within Paraná (state), Rio de Janeiro (state), Santa Catarina (state), and São Paulo (state).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Wittrockia superba being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Aechmea pectinata
- Androlepis skinneri
- Aechmea melinonii
- Neoregelia carolinae
- Neoregelia cruenta
- Edmundoa lindenii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Wittrockia
- Species
- Wittrockia superba
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