Hohenbergia augusta(Vell.) É.Morren

WFO wfo-0000442025 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Hohenbergia augusta, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. a Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-27 / obs. 178746630
Hohenbergia augusta, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. b Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178746640
Hohenbergia augusta, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. c Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178746648
Hohenbergia augusta, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. d Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178746623

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Hohenbergia augusta is native: Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Brazil SouthBrazil Southeast
Native distribution of Hohenbergia augusta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Brazil South BZS SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Southeast BZL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aechmea augusta (Vell.) Baker
  • Aechmea eburnea Baker
  • Aechmea glomerata (Gaudich. ex K.Koch) Hook.f.
  • Aechmea multiceps Baker
  • Canistrum eburneum É.Morren
  • Canistrum fragrans (Linden) Mabb.
  • Canistrum fuscum É.Morren
  • Canistrum lindenii var. roseum (É.Morren) L.B.Sm.
  • Guzmania fragrans Linden
  • Guzmania fragrans hort. ex Baker
  • Hohenbergia ferruginea Carrière
  • Hohenbergia glomerata (Gaudich. ex K.Koch) Baker
  • Hoplophytum augustum (Vell.) Beer
  • Pironneava glomerata Gaudich. ex K.Koch
  • Tillandsia augusta Vell.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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