Pitcairnia beycalema Beer (1856)

Synonyms:

• Pitcairnia muscosa sensu Hook. (1854)
• Pitcairnia leiolema hort. ex Beer (1856)
• Pitcairnia corcovadensis Wawra (1862)
• Pitcairnia lancifolia Mez (1894)
• Pitcairnia lancifolia var. lancifolia Mez (1894)
• Hepetis beycalema (Beer) Mez (1896)
• Hepetis corcovadensis (Wawra) Mez (1896)
• Hepetis lancifolia Mez (1896)
• Pitcairnia flammea var. corcovadensis (Wawra) L.B.Sm. (1943)
• Pitcairnia lancifolia var. minor L.B.Sm. (1952)
• Pitcairnia pumila W.Weber (1982)

Pitcairnia corcovadensis Wawra

Status: Synonym

Publ: Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr. 12: 384 (1862)

Type: BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Corcovado, Wawra & Maly 501, typified by the original description and plate. Corcovado, Estrada do Redentor, Mar 1997, T. Wendt 328 (epitype: RB)

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Taxonomic Notes:

• Previously treated as a variety of Pitcairnia flammea —See Smith & Downs 1974
• Re-established on species level —See Wendt et al. 2000 p. 398
• Considered a synonym of Pitcairnia beycalema Beer —See Saraiva et al. 2015 p. 730