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 werckleana Mez

Status: Synonym

Publ: Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 3: 144 (1903)

Type: Werckle in Inst. Costar. 16194 (holotype B, B photo 1191/25), near Cartago, 1200-1600 m alt, Costa Rica, 1901.

Description: click here.

Taxonomic Notes:

• Listed as synonym of Tillandsia excelsa —See Luther & Sieff 1997
• Considered a synonym of Tillandsia cyanea (A.Dietr.) E.Morren (=Tillandsia guatemalensis L.B. Sm.) —See Gouda & Koopmans 2024 p. 48