Till 1995 (Article) Bromeliaceae

Some unremembered type specimens of Bromeliaceae in East German herbaria

Author(s):—W. Till

Publication:—Linzer biologische Beiträge 27(1): 413-421. (1995)

Abstract:—Presence of several type specimens of Bromeliaceae not cited in the most recent monograph is reported. A lectotype has been chosen for Billbergia nutans H. WENDL., the correct lectotype has been stated for Tillandsia paniculata SCHLTDL. & CHAM., the correct type citation is given for Tillandsia reclinata E. PEREIRA & MARTINELLI, the erraneous citation of the type locality for Tillandsia edithae RAUH is corrected, and a new Author combination is proposed for Bromelia landbeckii LECHL. ex GRISEB.

Taxonomy:—Billbergia nutans Cultivated in Berggarten Herrenhausen, Hannover, 1872 (lectotype designated, DR). Note : The court gardener H. Wendland had cultivated this species in the Herrenhausen garden in Hannover and had published it as a novelty. Some living material had been brought to the garden of the university of Dresden where it had flowered in 1872. No specimen exists in Hannover nor has been hitherto traced in any herbarium. As the plant in DR doubtlessly is clonotypic it is proposed here as the lectotype. (p.413-421).—Tillandsia achyrostachys var. stenolepis Isotype (BHUPM) (p.415).—Tillandsia excelsa Syntype (HAL) (p.417).—Tillandsia fasciculata var. uncispica Isolectotype (BHUPM) (p.417).