Tillandsia guatemalensis L.B.Sm.
Status: nom.illeg. (superfluous name, icn article 52.1)
Publ: Contrib. U.S. Herb. 29(11): 281 (1949)
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Taxonomic Change:
- Nomen novum for Allardtia cyanea A. Dietr. —See Smith 1949 p. 29(11): 281
- Allardtia cyanea A. Dietr. (1852) is a valid and legitimate. The name Tillandsia cyanea in Koch’s article (1867) was not validely published by Koch, as he did not accept the name for the exhibited plant in Paris (which was a Bromelioideae according to the text). This means, the name Tillandsia cyanea was still available at that time. The combination of Allardtia cyanea A. Dietr. under Tillandsia by Morren as Tillandsia cyanea (A.Dietr) E.Morren (1879) for this taxon is therefor valid and legitimate, because Tillandsia cyanea was still available. The new name Tillandsia guatemalensis L.B. Sm. (1949) for Allardtia cyanea is illegitimate and superfluous, as the correct name is Tillandsia cyanea (A.Dietr) E.Morren
—See Barfuss et al. 2016 p. 48
