Neoregelia mooreana L.B.Sm.

Literature references:

Baensch & Baensch 1994: 119 FCBS (Web) Leme 1997a: 90 Manzanares 2002a: 111 Parkhurst 2000: 92 Ramirez 1994: 15:83 Smith & Downs 1979: 1543,1544 Tropiflora Cargo Rep: 18(1) U.S. Nat. Herb.

Comments:

• This species was originally known as Neoregelia ossifragi L. B. Smith (1962) named it N. mooreana because the name N. ossifragi was used for a long time by horticultural amateurs and was never validity published. It can be readily distinguished by its curled foliar apices, bright and green foliar blades, covered with a white mantle of trichomes, and small rosette size. —See Ramirez 1991