Orthophytum roseum Leme

Taxonomic Change:

• Considered a synonym of Sincoraea burlemarxii (L.B. Sm. & Read) Louzada & Wand.
  Comments: Orthophytum roseum was described as a new species morphologically related
  to O. burle-marxii, differing by the size of vegetative and reproductive characters, however, according Louzada and Wanderley (2010), the dimensions cited in the protologue
  of O. roseum as diagnostic overlap with those of O. burle-marxii, justifying the
  synonymization of O. roseum under O. burle-marxii. —See Louzada & Wanderley 2017 p. 10

Literature references:

J. Bromeliad Soc.: 63(2):128: 64(2):64(2): 114

Comments:

• This new species was found growing as a rupicolous in vertical sandstones rocks, along rivers, in the “Campos Rupestres” of Caeté-Açu, Palmeiras, in more or less shaded places. It is quite prolific vegetatively, forming dense clumps, which is also observed in cultivation. —See J. Bromeliad Soc.