Guzmania lingulata var. concolor Proctor & Cedeño-Maldonado

Taxonomic Notes:

• The varieties of G.lingulata are repeatedly discussed and doubted, but it seems that the form growing on St. lucia and Puerto Rico are always with green primary bracts (or only slightly tinged orange), so this variety seems to be defensible. Although the protolog of G.lingulata var. concolor is not giving the right characteristics to separate this variety from the type variety, the type of this new variety is from a population that is different and a description can be extended with the differentiating characteristics without problems. (Personal communication with Roger Graveson)
• Considered a superfluous name from a nomenclature point of view —See Butcher 2010 p. 11

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