Dyckia remotiflora Otto & Dietrich

Literature references:

Baker 1852: 62:3449 Bromtravels (Web) BSA (Web) Castellanos 1945: 66d Drapiez 1828-1835: 8:570 FCBS (Web) J. Bromeliad Soc.: 42:76d Lindley 1836: 21:1782 Mez 1935: 336 Oliva-Esteve 2000a: 313 Rauh 1981, 1990: Fig. 73 Richter 1962, 1978: 221 Smith & Downs 1974: 528 Zimmer 1986: 98b

Comments:

• Key to the Varieties of D. remotiflora
  1. Upper scape-bracts suborbicular or ovate, acuminate or apiculate.
  2. Sepals cucullate, becoming split and retuse.
  3. Petals 17-23 mm long. var remotiflora.
  3. Petals not over 10 mm long. var tandilensis.
  2. Sepals nearly or quite straight, 6-8 mm long; petals 11-17 mm long. var montevidensis.
  1. Upper scape-bracts triangular-ovate, attenuate. var angustior. —See Smith & Downs 1974