Gouda 2017d (Article) Tillandsia [German]

A New Tillandsia Species from Pomacocha, Peru: Tillandsia cees-goudae

Author(s):—E.J. Gouda

Publication:—Die Bromelie 2017(2): 69-75. (2017)

German title:—Eine neue Tillandsia-Art aus Pomacocha, Peru: Tillandsia cees-goudae

Abstract:—For a long time since 1971 a species has been grown in collections as Tillandsia latifolia var. divaricata Benth. (1846) as well as under the name T. gayi Baker (1889). Tillandsia gayii has been considered a synonym of T. latifolia var. divaricata (Luther & Sieff 1997) and I fully agree. More recently plants have been exported from Peru by Knize Nursery to Europe and other countries under the name of T. gayii. I became aware that these plants were clearly different to T. latifolia var. divaricata and therefore should be described as a new species. In this article I’m presenting and describing this new species, as well as I’m writing about its nearest related taxa. I came to the point that T. latifolia var. divaricata should be set to species level again as it was before. Differences between T. latifolia Meyen (1835) and T. divaricata Benth. (1846) are illustrated.

Published names (1):

Tillandsia ceesgoudae

Taxonomy:—Tillandsia divaricata Recognized as a species again (p.75).