Tillandsia tricolor var. melanocrater (L.B.Sm.) L.B.Sm.[as Tillandsia tricolor var. melanocrater (L. 8. Smith) L. B. Smith]

Observations: —In Sm.& Downs, differs from T.tricolor var. tricolor as: Plant flowering not more than 25 cm high. Leaf-sheaths uniformly deep castaneous.

Edited from : Smith 1953d. Some new combinations in Guatemalan Bromeliaceae .