Tillandsia fasciculata var. venosispica Mez
Taxonomic Change:
- Lectotype designated: Sintenis 473 (Lectotype: K, Isolectotype US) —See Smith & Downs 1979 p. 949
- placed in synonymy of T.compressa (not accepted) —See Gardner 1984a p. 375
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Comments:
- I feel that many of these things are good species but hard to define based solely on gross morphology. Venospica may be a Greater Antilles endemic. HEL p. personal communication Harry Luther
- NOTE. In Jamaica this taxon appears to be a distinct species, Tillandsia compressa, with constant characters of large, beaked, nerved floral bracts that darken on drying. According to Proctor it even has a different flowering season. Yet elsewhere its characters are not stable and consequently in viewing it as a whole I am forced to consider it a variety. —See Mez 1935
