Neoregelia pineliana is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae endemic to southeastern Brazil.Neoregelia pineliana (Lem.) L.B.Sm. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved June 16, 2026, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:123605-1 It is extinct in the wild.
Description Neoregelia pineliana is an epiphytic, or terrestrial,Kessous, I. M., & Almeida, M. M. (n.d.). Neoregelia pineliana (Lem.) L.B.Sm. Flora E Funga Do Brasil. Retrieved June 17, 2026, from https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB6204 perennial herb.Bromeliad (Neoregelia pineliana). (n.d.). National Gardening Association. Retrieved June 16, 2026, from https://garden.org/plants/view/348259/Bromeliad-Neoregelia-pineliana/ The sepals are 15–20 mm long.
Taxonomy It was first described as Nidularium pinelianum by Charles Antoine Lemaire in 1860.Nidularium pinelianum Lem. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved June 17, 2026, from https://www.ipni.org/n/123706-1 It was moved to the genus Neoregelia as Neoregelia pineliana by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1936.Smith, Lyman B. (1936). Studies in the Bromeliaceae,--VII. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 114, 3--11.Neoregelia pineliana (Lem.) L.B.Sm. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved June 17, 2026, from https://www.ipni.org/n/123605-1
Distribution and habitat It is endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest of Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Conservation It is extinct in the wild but is cultivated in numerous ex-situ collections in botanic gardens.Neoregelia pineliana (Lem.) L.B.Sm. (n.d.-b). BGCI PlantSearch. Retrieved June 16, 2026, from https://plantsearch.bgci.org/taxon/25224
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