Catopsis paniculata E.Morren

Taxonomic Change:

• Considered a synonym of Catopsis hahnii Baker —See Baker 1889 p. 155
• The Morren Icon cited by Baker is evidently drawn from this plant of which no herbarium specimen appears to have been kept. —See Smith & Downs 1979 p. 1376

Literature references:

Baensch & Baensch 1994: 22,164 FCBS (Web) J. Bromeliad Soc.: 38:196 Mak 1996: 1 McVaugh 1989=274: 18 Morren Icons: kew 4-214* Smith & Downs 1977: 1376,1380: 1376*: 1378* Tropicos U.S. Nat. Herb.

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Comments:

• C. paniculata E. Morren was originally described in Jacobs-Makoy horticultural catalogue in 1887. The E. Morren icon apparently was drawn from this plant (see L. B. Smith 1967). C. mexicana L. B. Smith corresponds to the staminate plants of this dioecious species. Endemic to s. and c. Mexico.
  
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  On page 102 of this thesis Palaci refers to a perfect flowered C. paniculata. COULD this species be trioecious? —See Palaci 1997