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'''''Guzmania lingulata''''' or '''Scarlet Star''' is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[bromeliad]] family, subfamily [[Tillandsioideae]]. They are known to originate from Central and South America. Foliage grows in a star-shaped basal rosette which culminates in an orange and red bracted [[inflorescence]]. They are among the most commonly cultivated bromeliad types.
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Guzmania lingulata, Mez (Caraguata lingulata, Lindl. C. splendens, Bouche. C. lingulata splendens, Hort.). Epiphyte: lvs. many, lanceolate or ensiform. 1 ½ ft. long, remotely toothed: spike becoming drooping, showily red-bracted; expanded fl. about as long as the long-pointed bracts, the tube yellowish and the limb blue-purple. W. Indies, Cent. Amer., and S. Amer. B.R. 1068. F.S. 11:1091.— Handsome. Var. cardinalis, Andre1 (Caraguata cardinalis, Andre1). Bright scarlet: very showy. Colombia. I.H. 27:374. R.H. 1883:12.
Guzmania lingulata, Mez (Caraguata lingulata, Lindl. C. splendens, Bouche. C. lingulata splendens, Hort.). Epiphyte: lvs. many, lanceolate or ensiform. 1 ½ ft. long, remotely toothed: spike becoming drooping, showily red-bracted; expanded fl. about as long as the long-pointed bracts, the tube yellowish and the limb blue-purple. W. Indies, Cent. Amer., and S. Amer.— Handsome. Var. cardinalis, Andre1 (Caraguata cardinalis, Andre1). Bright scarlet: very showy. Colombia.}}
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<!--- xxxxx *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 -->
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- 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 *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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