Tillandsia mandonii E.Morren ex Mez

Taxonomic Change:

• Treated as a synonym of Tillandsia crocata (E.Morr.) Baker
  Tillandsia mandonii was based on very old and weathered material. The only character in its description to distinguish it from T. crocata is the supposedly glabrous sepals but both Mandon and Miers collections show some scales still left on the sepals. —See Smith 1935 p. 182
• Treated as a species to its own right; Lectotype designated: Mandon 1180 (Lectotype: BM, Isolectotypes: GH, K, S, W) —See Till 1984 p. 95
• Treated as a synonym of Tillandsia myosura Grisebach ex Baker —See Kiff 1991 p. 68

Literature references:

BSA (Web) FCBS (Web) Smith & Downs 1977: 873 Wien Herbarium, Inst