Gouda et al. 2023- (Electronic)

Encyclopaedia of bromeliads, Version 5 cont.updated

Author(s):—E.J. Gouda, D. Butcher & L. Dijkgraaf

Publication:—Dutch-Belgian Bromeliad Society (BCG), Utrecht, The Netherlands (cont. upd.).

Taxonomy:—Aechmea pittieri Aechmea pittieri does not have the large lower branches resembling the top of the inflorescence as in Aechmea bracteata (not always present). The branches are long stipitate with a few (ca 3) digitate and relative longer spikes distally and the primary bracts are reducing in size upward in the inflorescence (vs. only the lower large, then abruptly short). .—Pitcairnia klotzschiana Must be considered a homotypic synonym of Pitcairnia moritziana C.Koch & C.D.Bouché, both sheets at B (seen by Koch) and K (seen by Baker) has the same collection number Moritz 1232, although not mentioned in the protolog by Koch. .