Synonyms:
Status: Basionym
Publ: Bromeliaceae (part 1) in Martius, C.F.P. von, Flora Brasiliensis 3(3): 202 (1891)
Type: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Caraça, 18 Feb. 1884, Glaziou 15672a (holotype, B-two sheets, one of them with a drawing of the plant habit-; isotype, P, photos GH, MO, US).
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