Tillandsia melanocrater L.B.Sm.emend.Gouda
Taxonomic Notes:
- Was treated as a variety of T.tricolor Schlcht. & Cham. but the differences are good enough to treat it as a separate species.
Tillandsia tricolor has typical glabrous floral bracts with distinct lepidote apices, while T.melanocrater has glabrous bracts. It is smaller with the inflorecence between the leaves, while in T.tricolor the peduncle of the inflorescence mostly exceeds the leaves. —See Smith & Downs 1977
- Considered a species to its own right —See Gouda 2016d p. 136
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