Ochagavia litoralis (Phil.) Zizka

Taxonomic Change:

• Typification —See Schneider et al. 2012 p. 56: 21–22

Literature references:

BSA (Web) FCBS (Web) Smith & Downs 1974: 604* Smith & Downs 1979: 1532*: 1711*: 1711*: 1711*: 1711*: 1714*

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Comments:

• Figures. - Fig. 6- 7; Munoz, Fl. Silvestr. Chile: t. 19. 1966; Zizka in Palmengarten Sonderheft 19: 105, fig. 100. 1992, under 0. carnea. - Note: (1) The plant depicted and described by C. H. Wright in Bot. Mag.: t. 8087. 1906 under the name Rhodostachys pitcairniifolia is not a member of the genus Ochagavia but represents Fascicularia bicolor (Ruiz & Pav .) Mez. (2) Identification is doubtful of: Hoffmann 1979: 139, fig. 3, under 0. carnea.
  
  
  Vernacular name. Calilla, chupon.
  
  Remarks. - The combination Fascicularia litoralis by Mez in Martius (Fl. Bras. 3,3: 627. 1894) is not validly published because the basionym was cited without author.
  Ochagavia lindleyana was intended by Mez as a new combination of the basionym Bromelia lindleyana. Actually, the latter name was not validly published (not accepted by the describer himself) and therefore not available as a basionym. Nevertheless, Mez fulfilled all requirements for a valid publication of a new species, thus the name is regarded as published by Mez, not as a new combination.
  The illustration in the protologue of Hechtia pitcairniifolia (= Fascicularia pitcairniifolia), designated as the lectotype of that name by Smith & Downs ( 1979), makes clear that the species belongs to the genus Ochagavia. Both the dimension of the leaves given in the protologue and the lectotype indicate that F. pitcairniifolia is with some certainty conspecific with 0. litoralis.
  
  Further references. - Rhodostachys litoralis Philippi in Linnaea 33: 246. 1864; F. Philippi in Anales Univ. Chile 59: 279. 1881; Philippi in Anales Univ. Chile 91: 609. 1895; Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 29. 1889 ["littoralis]; Munoz, Espec. Pl. Descr. Philippi: 35. 1960. - Fasicicularia litoralis: Mez in Engler, Pflanzenr. 100: 7. 1934; Smith & Downs in FI. Neotrop. Monogr. 14,3: 1714.1979; McClintock in Watsonia 10: 289.1974-75; Marticorena & Quezada in Gayana 42: 81. 1985; Rauh in J. Bromeliad Soc. 35: 213. 1984; Hoffmann & Flores in Behoit, Red List Chil¬ean Terrest. Fl.. 119.1989; Nelson & Zizka in New Plantsman 4.234. 1997; Zizka & al. in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 129: 329. 1999. - Hechtia pitcairniifolia: Morren in Belg. Hort. 26: 161. 1876 [ "pitcairniaefolia "] ; Wittmack in Gartenflora 39: 345. 1890 [ "pitcairniaefolia "]. - Bromelia pitcairniifolia: Morren in Belg. Hort. 26: 161. 1876 [ "pitcairniaefolia "]; Wittmack in Gartenflora 39. 345. 1890 [ "pitcairniaefolia "]. - Rhodostachys pitcairniifolia: Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 28. 1889 [ "pitcairniaefolia " ]. - Fascicularia pitcairniifolia: Harms in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pf1anzenfam., ed. 2, 15a: 132. 1930; Mez in Engler, Pf1anzenr. l00: 5. 1934; Smith & Downs in Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14,3: 1711. 1979; McClintock in Watsonia 10: 289,290. 1974¬75; Rauh in J. Bromeliad Soc. 35: 213. 1984; Marticorena & Quezada in Gayana 42: 81. 1985; Rauh & Gross, Bromelien. 382. 1990; Hoffmann & Flores in Benoit, Red List Chilean Terrest. Fl.: 119.1989. - 0chagavia lindleyana: Munoz, Fl. Silvestr.Chile: 111-112,lam.19.1966.
  Chile (From Illapel, Coquimbo, to Colchagua. The species is principally part of the coastal vegetation of central Chile.). On coastal cliffs near Valparaiso the species was observed to form dense, extensive stands. —See Zizka et al. 2002