genus Strepsia (Nutt.) Steud.
Status: nom.inval. (not accepted by author, icn article 36.1)
Publ: Nom. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 645 (1841)
Taxonomic Notes:
- Steudel (1841: 645) did not validly publish Strepsia as a name at a new rank based on Tillandsia sect. Strepsia, because he did not accept the genus. This is evident by Steudel writing ‘Strepsia. Nuttal.’ and not ‘STREPSIA’, the capital letters indicating genera accepted by him in the whole publication. Furthermore, he referred the only species listed, ‘Strepsia usneoides. Nutt.’, as synonym to Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L., the italicized letters of species epithets indicating species not accepted by him in the whole publication. Under the accepted genus ‘TILLANDSIA’, ‘Strepsia usneoides. Nutt.’ is also cited as synonym of Tillandsia usneoides(Steudel 1841: 688). Currently there is no evidence that Strepsia was already earlier validely pubished as a genus. —See Barfuss et al. 2016 p. 45-46
