40- 35 s6

Synonym

Publication: Linnaea xviii. 376 (1844)

Accepted name: Aechmea mertensii Schult.f.

Billbergia mertensii

The name Billbergia mertensii has been published in Linnaea xviii. 376 by Miq. (1844) and must be considered synonymous (or is a later homonym) of Aechmea mertensii Schult.f., that is the name in current use for this taxon (read species).

Synonyms are mostly later name publications for earlier described taxa. Could be earlier recognized species that later proved to be indistinguishable with a better knowledge of the taxon variation, or described in a different genus (compare homonym and basionym).