Barfuss & Till 2019 (Article) Tillandsia [German]

The re-discovery of Tillandsia racinae L.B. Sm. at its type locality – Iter Columbianum Primum 2017 (1)

Author(s):— Michael H. J. Barfuss & Walter Till

Corresponding email:—walter.till@univie.ac.at

Publication:—Die Bromelie 2019(2): 67-71. (2019)

German title:—Die Wiederentdeckung der Tillandsia racinae L.B. Sm. am Typfundort – Iter Columbianum Primum 2017 (1)

Abstract:—It was a long-cherished wish of Walter Till and myself
to visit once in our life time one of the biodiversity centres
of Bromeliaceae: the country of Colombia. Colombia
was one of the few South American countries that Walter
had not been able to visit during his long period of bromeliad
research. For a long time, it was not possible to
easily plan and carry out a trip because of the danger in
this area. After repeated invitations from Franz Gruber,
about whom this periodical has already been reported
several times, we decided to visit him and do a study trip
to Colombia in the summer of 2017.