Tillandsia streptocarpa Baker (1887)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia soratensis Baker (1887)
• Tillandsia tricholepis Baker (1887)
• Tillandsia bakeriana Britton (1888)
• Tillandsia condensata Baker (1889)
• Tillandsia streptocarpa var. peruviana Ule (1907)
• Tillandsia apoloensis Rusby (1910)
• Tillandsia streptocarpa var. pungens Chodat & Vischer (1916)
• Tillandsia streptocarpa var. filifolia Hassl. (1919)
• Tillandsia retrorsa A.Silveira (1931)
• Tillandsia duratii subsp. streptocarpa (Bak.) J.J.Halda (2005)

Tillandsia retrorsa A.Silveira

Status: Synonym

Publ: Fl. Mont. in Floralia Montium 2: 6, 25 t 10 (1931)

Type: Silveira no. 794, July 1926 Brazil, Bahia, between Diamantina and Serra Geral, in a flat, sandy, rocky area in Serra Geral, very frequently in extensive colonies scattered on quartzite rocks (holo. OUPR)

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Taxonomic Change:

• Considered a synonym of Tillandsia streptocarpa Baker. Preservation of the type doubtful, species typified by description and illustration —See Smith & Downs 1977 p. 855