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'''''Guzmania''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Bromeliaceae]], subfamily [[Tillandsioideae]]. The genus name is for Anastasio Guzman, Spanish pharmacist and naturalist<ref>http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/genera.html</ref>.

Several [[species]] of this genus are cultivated as indoor and outdoor garden plants. The best known is ''[[Guzmania lingulata]]'' (scarlet star) which bears orange and red bracts.

Guzmanias die after a plant has produced its flowers in summer, but new plants can easily be propagated from the offsets which appear as the parent plant dies. They are [[epiphytes]] and can do well if tied on to pieces of bark with roots bound into sphagnum moss.

Guzmanias require warm temperatures and relatively high humidity. The [[sac fungus]] ''Bipolaris sorokiniana'' ([[anamorph]] of ''[[Cochliobolus sativus]]'') and others can cause fatal [[root rot]] in plants of this genus if the roots get too wet and cold.

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Guzmania(A. Guzmann, Spanish naturalist). Bromeliaceae. Includes Caraguata and Massangea. Tropical American bromeliads, of which several are fairly well known ornamental glasshouse subjects.

They closely resemble the erect-growing tillandsias, but differ in technical characters: fls. in a simple spike- like terminal cluster, tubular, the outer segms. or calyx oblong and obtuse, the inner or petals shorter than the tube; anthers inserted on the throat of the tube, and united by their edges around the style. — About 75 species. Grown in the warmhouse, along with Bill- bergia and Tillandsia, which see for culture. Closely allied to AEchmea. Many species are cult, in fanciers' collections in the Old World. For G. picta, see Nidularium. For G. legrelliana, see Hohenbergia. G. rosea, a name which has appeared in the American trade, is probably an Aechmea.}}

==Cultivation==


===Propagation===


===Pests and diseases===


==Species==
* ''[[Guzmania acorifolia]]'' (Grisebach) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania acuminata]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania acutispica]]'' E. Gross 
* ''[[Guzmania aequatorialis]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania albescens]]'' H. Luther & Determann 
* ''[[Guzmania alborosea]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania alcantareoides]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania alliodora]]'' E. Gross 
* ''[[Guzmania altsonii]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania × amoena]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania amplectens]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania andreana]]'' (E. Morren) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania andreettae]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania angustifolia]]'' (Baker) Wittmack 
** var. ''nivea'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania apiculata]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania armeniaca]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania asplundii]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania atrocastanea]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania attenuata]]'' L.B. Smith & R.W. Read 
* ''[[Guzmania bakeri]]'' (Wittmack) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania barbiei]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania bergii]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania berteroniana]]'' (Schultes f.) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania besseae]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania betancurii]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania bicolor]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania bipartita]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania bismarckii]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania blassii]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania brackeana]]'' Manzanares 
* ''[[Guzmania bracteosa]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania brasiliensis]]'' Ule 
* ''[[Guzmania breviscapa]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania brevispatha]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania butcheri]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania cabrerae]]'' Gilmartin 
* ''[[Guzmania calamifolia]]'' André ex Mez 
** var. ''rosacea'' J.R. Grant 
* ''[[Guzmania calothyrsus]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania candelabrum]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania caricifolia]]'' (André ex Baker) L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania cerrohoyaensis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania cinnabarina]]'' H. Luther & K. Norton 
* ''[[Guzmania circinnata]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania claviformis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania compacta]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania condensata]]'' Mez & Wercklé 
* ''[[Guzmania condorensis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania confinis]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania confusa]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania conglomerata]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania conifera]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania coriostachya]]'' (Grisebach) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania corniculata]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania cuatrecasasii]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania cuzcoensis]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania cylindrica]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania dalstroemii]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania danielii]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania darienensis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania delicatula]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania densiflora]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania desautelsii]]'' L.B. Smith & R.W. Read 
* ''[[Guzmania devansayana]]'' E. Morren 
* ''[[Guzmania diazii]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania diffusa]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania dissitiflora]]'' (André) L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania donnell-smithii]]'' Mez ex Donnell Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania dudleyi]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania dussii]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania ecuadorensis]]'' Gilmartin 
* ''[[Guzmania eduardii]]'' André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania ekmanii]]'' (Harms) Harms ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania elvallensis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania erythrolepis]]'' Brongniart ex Planchon 
* ''[[Guzmania farciminiformis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania fawcettii]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania filiorum]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania flagellata]]'' S. Pierce & J.R. Grant 
* ''[[Guzmania foetida]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania formosa]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania fosteriana]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania fuerstenbergiana]]'' (Kirchoff & Wittmack) Wittmack 
* ''[[Guzmania fuquae]]'' H. Luther & Determann 
* ''[[Guzmania garciaensis]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania glaucophylla]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania globosa]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania glomerata]]'' Mez & Wercklé 
* ''[[Guzmania gloriosa]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania goudotiana]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania gracilior]]'' (André) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania gracilis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania graminifolia]]'' (André ex Baker) L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania harlingii]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania hedychioides]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania henniae]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania herrerae]]'' H. Luther & W.J. Kress 
* ''[[Guzmania hirtzii]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania hitchcockiana]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania hollinensis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania inexpectata]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania izkoi]]'' Manzanares & W. Till 
* ''[[Guzmania jaramilloi]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania kalbreyeri]]'' (Baker) L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania kareniae]]'' H. Luther & K. Norton 
* ''[[Guzmania kentii]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania killipiana]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania kraenzliniana]]'' Wittmack 
* ''[[Guzmania kressii]]'' H. Luther & K. Norton 
* ''[[Guzmania laeta]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania lehmanniana]]'' (Wittmack) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania lemeana]]'' Manzanares 
* ''[[Guzmania lepidota]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania lindenii]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
** var. ''concolor'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania lingulata]]'' (Linnaeus) Mez 
** var. ''cardinalis'' (André) André ex Mez 
** var. ''minor'' (Mez) L.B. Smith & Pittendrigh 
** var. ''flammea'' (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith 
** var. ''concolor'' Proctor & Cedeño-Maldonado 
* ''[[Guzmania × litaensis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania longibracteata]]'' Betancur & Salinas 
* ''[[Guzmania longipetala]]'' (Baker) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania loraxiana]]'' J.R. Grant 
* ''[[Guzmania lychnis]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania macropoda]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania madisonii]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania manzanaresiorum]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania marantoidea]]'' (Rusby) H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania megastachya]]'' (Baker) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania melinonis]]'' Regel 
* ''[[Guzmania membranacea]]'' L.B. Smith & Steyermark 
* ''[[Guzmania mitis]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania monostachia]]'' (Linnaeus) Rusby ex Mez 
** var. ''variegata'' hortus ex Nash 
** var. ''alba'' Ariza-Julia 
* ''[[Guzmania morreniana]]'' (Linden hortus) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania mosquerae]]'' (Wittmack) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania mucronata]]'' (Grisebach) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania multiflora]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania musaica]]'' (Linden & André) Mez 
** var. ''zebrina'' Cutak 
** var. ''concolor'' L.B. Smith 
** var. ''discolor'' H. Luther 
** var. ''rosea'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania nicaraguensis]]'' Mez & Baker ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania nidularioides]]'' L.B. Smith & R.W. Read 
* ''[[Guzmania nubicola]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania nubigena]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania obtusiloba]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania oligantha]]'' Lozano 
* ''[[Guzmania osyana]]'' (E. Morren) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania pallida]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania palustris]]'' (Wittmack) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania paniculata]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania pattersonae]]'' Manzanares 
* ''[[Guzmania patula]]'' Mez & Wercklé 
* ''[[Guzmania pearcei]]'' (Baker) L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania pennellii]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania plicatifolia]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania plumieri]]'' (Grisebach) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania polycephala]]'' Mez & Wercklé ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania poortmanii]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania pseudospectabilis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania pungens]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania puyoensis]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania radiata]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania rauhiana]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania regalis]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania remediosensis]]'' E. Gross 
* ''[[Guzmania remyi]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania retusa]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania rhonhofiana]]'' Harms 
** var. ''rhonhofiana''
*** forma ''variegata'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania roezlii]]'' (E. Morren) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania rosea]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania roseiflora]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania rubrolutea]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania rugosa]]'' L.B. Smith & R.W. Read 
* ''[[Guzmania sanguinea]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
** var. ''brevipedicellata'' Gilmartin 
** var. ''comosa'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania scandens]]'' H. Luther & W.J. Kress 
* ''[[Guzmania scherzeriana]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania septata]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania sibundoyorum]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania sieffiana]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania skotakii]]'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania sneidernii]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania spectabilis]]'' (Mez & Wercklé) J. Utley 
* ''[[Guzmania sphaeroidea]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania sprucei]]'' (André) L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania squarrosa]]'' (Mez & Sodiro) L.B. Smith & Pittendrigh 
* ''[[Guzmania stenostachya]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania steyermarkii]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania straminea]]'' (K. Koch) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania striata]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania stricta]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania strobilantha]]'' (Ruiz & Pavón) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania subcorymbosa]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania tarapotina]]'' Ule 
* ''[[Guzmania tenuifolia]]'' (H. Luther) Betancur & Salinas 
* ''[[Guzmania terrestris]]'' L.B. Smith & Steyermark 
* ''[[Guzmania testudinis]]'' L.B. Smith & R.W. Read 
** var. ''splendida'' H. Luther 
* ''[[Guzmania teucamae]]'' H. Luther & K. Norton 
* ''[[Guzmania teuscheri]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania triangularis]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania undulatobracteata]]'' (Rauh) Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania vanvolxemii]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania variegata]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania ventricosa]]'' (Grisebach) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania verecunda]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania victoriae]]'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania virescens]]'' (Hooker) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania viridiflora]]'' E. Gross 
* ''[[Guzmania vittata]]'' (Martius ex Schultes f.) Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania weberbaueri]]'' Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania wittmackii]]'' (André) André ex Mez 
* ''[[Guzmania xanthobractea]]'' Gilmartin 
* ''[[Guzmania xipholepis]]'' L.B. Smith 
* ''[[Guzmania zahnii]]'' (Hooker f.) Mez 
** var. ''longiscapa'' Rauh 
* ''[[Guzmania zakii]]'' H. Luther

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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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