Aechmea pineliana var. minuta M.B.Foster

Taxonomic Change:

• Aechmea pineliana is highly variable in size leading to the description of the Aechmea pineliana var. minuta Foster. Variation in size can appear in the same population, so here A. pineliana is treated in a wide sense. —See Wendt 1997

Literature references:

FCBS (Web) J. Bromeliad Soc.: 11:96b 22:104 Padilla 1966: 31b Smith & Downs 1979: 1921 Tropiflora Cargo Rep: 10(1)d U.S. Nat. Herb. Wilson 1977: 21