Bromelia karatas L.  (in part, as to questioned synonym above, not as to type described as ("...paniculata diffusa"), sensu Jacquin)

Taxonomic Notes:

• Lectotype of Bromelia karatas, designated. Illustration in Plumier, Nov. Pl. Amer.: t. 33 “Karatas” a–f. 1703. This image is courtesy of the Biblioteca Digital del Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid. Epitype designated: Trinidad, 1877–1880, A. Fendler 838 (K [in two sheets] barcodes K001097584! & K001097585!; isoepitypes: BM barcode BM001134956!, NY barcode 00376480!). —See Monteiro & Forzza 2016b p. 1102

Literature references:

Antoine 1884: 21 ,22: 21 ,22 Bromtravels (Web) Dunstan 2014a: 64(2): 89 Dunstan 2015: 26 FCBS (Web) Foster 19??: fig.15 Holst 1997: 581 Holst 2018: 205 J. Bromeliad Soc.: 15:126b 19:13b 33:110 43:144 47:114 51:52 Jacquin 1770: 31,32 Manzanares 2002a: 130 Mez 1935: 25 Moonen 2018b: 97 Morales 1998, 2000: 45 Morales 2003b: 558c Oliva-Esteve & Steyermark 1987: 126 Padilla 1973, 1986: 43 Plumier 1703: 33 Siqueira & Leme 2006: 259 Smith & Downs 1979: 1665*: 1681: 1681*: 1681*: 1681*: 1681*: 1681*: 1681*: 1681* Tropicos Tropiflora Cargo Rep: 18(1) Wien Herbarium, Inst

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