Billbergia amoena

Billbergia amoena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Bromelioideae
Genus:	Billbergia
Species:	B. amoena
Binomial name
Billbergia amoena (Loddiges) Lindley
Synonyms
Tillandsia amoena G.Lodd. Bromelia pallida Ker Gawl. Billbergia speciosa Thunb. Pitcairnia discolor Loisel. Pourretia magnispatha Colla Tillandsia variegata Vell. Bromelia laevis Schult. & Schult.f. Billbergia chlorocyanea de Vriese Billbergia discolor (Loisel.) Beer Billbergia pallescens K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Billbergia pallida (Ker Gawl.) Beer Billbergia binotii R.C.J.Gerard Billbergia wiotiana De Jonghe ex Mez Billbergia wacketii Mez

Billbergia amoena is a species in the genus Billbergia. This species is endemic to Brazil but widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.^[1][2]

Cultivars

• Billbergia 'Amoeno-Sanderiana'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Cappei'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Collevii'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Curly Top'^[3]
• Billbergia 'De Nada'^[3]
• Billbergia 'De Nada Rojo'^[3]
• Billbergia 'E. Thomas Witte'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Emile Beneux'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Gem'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Gladly'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Glory Be' X amoena^[3]
• Billbergia 'Herbaultii'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Horena'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Joliboisii'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Misty Pink'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Rhedonensis'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Sanderiano-Amoena'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Starry Night'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Wittmackiana'^[3]
• Billbergia 'Zebrina Cappeana'^[3]

References==

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. BROMELIACEAE DA MATA ATLÂNTICA BRASILEIRA retrieved 22 October 2009
3. BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009