Gouda & Manzanares 2017 (Article) Racinaea [German]

Revision of Racinaea multiflora and its Varieties

Author(s):—E.J. Gouda & J.M. Manzanares

Publication:—Die Bromelie 2017(3): 100-104. (2017)

German title:—Revision von Racinaea multiflora und ihren Varietäten

Abstract:—Edouard André described Tillandsia decipiens in 1888 and Lyman B. Smith gave it a new status as variety of T. multiflora in 1930. In 1933 a new variety T. multiflora var. tomensis was described in the same publication. All taxa were transferred to Racinaea (former subgenus Pseudocatopsis of Tillandsia) by M. A. Spencer & L.B. Smith (1993). The plant habit and size of the species and all varieties resemble each other very much and also the inflorescence architecture is very similar. Differences in characteristics, which are obvious when you are comparing living specimens, may be hard to find in herbarium material because they might got lost in the drying process. Growing this species and its varieties at the Botanic Gardens Utrecht gave us the opportunity to study them in detail and to classify them. It became clear that both varieties show significant differences to the typical Racinaea multiflora (Bentham 1846) Spencer & Smith (1993) and they therefore should be recognized as a species and a variety of this species on their own right.

Published names (2):

Racinaea decipiens
Racinaea decipiens var. tomensis

Taxonomy:—Racinaea multiflora var. tomensis Considered a variety of Racinaea decipiens (André) Gouda & Manzan. (p.104).