Tillandsia macropetala Wawra

Taxonomic Change:

• Was resurrected from synonymy of Tillandsia viridiflora (as in Smith & Downs) —See Kromer et al. 2012 p. 99: 8
• Lectotype (designated here): Figure 50 in Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 12: 241 (1887); Epitype (designated here): Krömer & Otto2866 (epi UAMIZ) —See Kromer et al. 2012 p. 99: 8

Literature references:

Aguilar et al. 2014: 160, 161 Die Bromelie: 2013(2): 62 FCBS (Web) Smith & Downs 1977: 1020

Comments:

• Smith & Downs (1977) cited Vriesea macropetala hort. (Rev. Hort. 69: 336. 1897) as synonym of Tillandsia viridiflora. However, this name is only mentioned in a publication of the Société National d́Horticulture de France without any description or mention of a basionym. Probably, Smith & Downs (1977) supposed that the name could be a transfer from Tillandsia macropetala Wawra, because of the same epithet, although we think that there is no clear evidence and it might be a nomen nudum. —See Kromer et al. 2012