Tillandsia anceps Lodd.

Taxonomic Change:

• Lectotype (designated here):—Plate 771 in Bot. Cab. 8 (1823) —See Smith & Downs 1977 p. 848

Literature references:

Asmuss 2012: 109 Belg. Hortic.: 29:368 Dodson & Gentry 1978: 4:78 Dunstan 2014b: 196 Dunstan 2015b FCBS (Web) Golinski 1997 Gouda 1987: 108 Gouda 1997c: 230 J. Bromeliad Soc.: 43:12d Loddiges 1818-1833: 8:771 Morales 1998, 2000: 73 Morren Icons: kew 12-328*: kew 12-453*: kew 12-454* Oliva-Esteve & Steyermark 1987: 213 Oliva-Esteve 2000a: 86

Padilla 1973, 1986: 81 Rauh 1979c: pl.28 Rauh 1981, 1990: Farbb. 28 Richter 1962, 1978: 356 Roguenant 2001: 188 Röth & Weber 1991: 91 Shimizu & Takizawa 1998: 31 Smith & Downs 1977: 846,850 Steyermark & Huber 1978: 67 Tropicos Veliz 2010: 15*

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Comments:

• The description of this species is quite detailed:
  
  The leaves of this plant at the base are nearly an inch broad; they are about a foot in length, tapering to a fine point and channelled; the broad part is marked with longitudinal stripes, which disappear two inches from the base. The flower stem is about six inches in height, clothed with scales, which are pressed quite flat, giving it a two-edged form. The flowers come out at the flattest part: they are small, and soon fade. —See Turner 2016 p. 1146