''Portea grandiflora'' is a plant

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

in the genus ''

Portea ''Portea'' is a genus in the plant family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to the Atlantic coast of Brazil. The genus is named for Dr. Marius Porte, a nineteenth-century French naturalist who died in 1866, in Manila, while o ...

'' endemic to northeastern

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.Plants of the World Online. (2020). Portea grandiflora Brongn. ex K.Koch. , Plants of the World Online , Kew Science. nlineAvailable at: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304239-2 ccessed 16 Feb. 2020 The

bromeliad The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a Family (biology), family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the Tropics, tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and on ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the Atlantic Forest biome (''Mata Atlantica Brasileira'') and to

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

state, located in southeastern

Etymology

''Grandiflora'' means 'having large flowers'.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). p 183

Gallery

Image:Portea grandiflora flower (side view).jpg, ''P. grandiflora'' flower Image:Portea_grandiflora_foliage.jpg, ''P. grandiflora'' foliage

References

DPI.inpe.br: "BROMELIACEAE da MATA ATLÂNTICA BRASILEIRA: Lista de ESPÉCIES, DISTRIBUIÇÃO e CONSERVAÇÃO"
''Rodriguésia 59'', February 2008; ppg 209−258; article−, abstract− species lists−. accessed 30 May 2016. grandiflora Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of Bahia Flora of the Atlantic Forest {{Bromelioideae-stub