Catopsis floribunda (Brongn.) L.B.Sm.

Taxonomic Change:

• Type designated here: Plee 543 (P, probably L.B. Smith missed the number on the sheet, the only specimen at P, annotated by Mez but not by L.B. Smith) —See Gouda et al. 2018-2022

Literature references:

Brom. J. Queensl.: 40(1):41 Bromtravels (Web) BSA (Web) Cedeno-Maldonado 2005: 52:226 Correll 1982: 275 FCBS (Web) J. Bromeliad Soc.: 9:26b NY Bot. Garden Oliva-Esteve 2000a: 164 Smith & Downs 1977: 1375,1380: 1375*: 1377*

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Comments:

• The name of this species is a combination of Pogospermum floribundum Brongniart who first recognized this taxon (L.B. Smith 1937). Mez (1894) provisionally annotated some of these plants as C. antillana (e.g., Eggers 2061, K!), a name that agrees with the distribution of this variety; however, Mez never published that name and therefore, it remains as an invalid name (W. Till, pers. comm.). The type specimen of C. montana L. B. Smith corresponds to a staminate plant of C. floribunda; both staminate and pistillate plants are now known from Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The few dioecious populations known to date have been recorded as growing on rocks. —See Palaci 1997