Tillandsia cyanea (A.Dietr.) E.Morren  (non Linden ex K.Koch, 1867) (1879)

Synonyms:

• Allardtia cyanea A.Dietr. (1852)
• Platystachys cyanea (A.Dietrich) C.Koch & Sello (1855)
• Tillandsia excelsa Griseb. (1865)
• Tillandsia columnaris E.Morren ex Baker (1889)
• Tillandsia costaricana Mez & Wercklé ex Mez (1903)
• Tillandsia werckleana Mez (1903)
• Tillandsia costaricensis Mez & Wercklé ex Wercklé (1909)
• Tillandsia selleana Harms (1929)
• Tillandsia guatemalensis L.B.Sm. (1949)
• Tillandsia uyucensis Gilmartin (1965)
• Tillandsia uyucensis forma minor Gilmartin (1965)
• Tillandsia marcalaensis Rauh & E.Gross (1991)

Tillandsia excelsa Griseb.

Status: Synonym

Publ: Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 597 (1865)

Type: Purdie s n (K. GH photo), Manchester, Jamaica.

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Taxonomic Notes:

• Syntype (HAL) —See Till 1995 p. 417
• Considered a synonym of Tillandsia cyanea (A.Dietr.) E.Morren (=Tillandsia guatemalensis L.B. Sm.) —See Gouda & Koopmans 2024 p. 48