Aechmea racinae var. luteocarpa Jurgen Roth

Taxonomic Change:

• Name has never be transferred to Aechmea (personal communication with EG)
• Treated as a synonym of Aechmea racinae var. tubiformis, but this does not make sense because this is based on color of ovaries. —See Binomials 13 (2012) p. 42

Literature references:

Die Bromelie: 2003:10 FCBS (Web)

Comments:

• Summary: Lamprococcus (Aechmea) racinae L. B. SMITH var. luteocarpa ROETH of the rain forest at the coast lowland of east Brazil, in Espirito Santo, near Guarana, 90 msm, is described. —See Die Bromelie