Cryptanthus zonatus Vis. (1854)

Synonyms:

• Cryptanthus zonatus forma zonatus
• Pholidophyllum zonatum Vis. (1847)
• Pholidophyllum zonatum var. fuscum Vis. (1847)
• Billbergia acaulis fol. brunneis acaulis fol. brunneis etc hort. Boeckmann ex Otto & Dietrich (1848)
• Billbergia acaulis fol. acaulis fol. viridibus hort. ex Vis. (1848)
• Tillandsia acaulis var. acaulis var. zonata hort. ex Otto & Dietrich (1848)
• Tillandsia zonata hort. ex Otto & Dietrich (1848)
• Cryptanthus acaulis var. zebrina Beer (1856)
• Cryptanthus acaulis var. zonata Beer (1856)
• Cryptanthus zonatus forma fuscus (Vis.) Beer (1856)
• Cryptanthus zonatus forma viridis hort. ex Beer (1856)
• Pholidophyllum giganteum hort. ex Beer (1856)
• Tillandsia acaulis acaulis zebrina hort. ex Beer (1856)
• Tillandsia zonata hort. ex Beer (1856)
• Tillandsia zebrina hort. ex Baker (1889)
• Cryptanthus isonatus hort. ex Gentil (1907)
• Cryptanthus isonatus var. fuscus hort. ex Gentil (1907)
• Cryptanthus fosterianus L.B.Sm. (1952)
• Cryptanthus burle-marxii Leme (1990)

Cryptanthus fosterianus L.B.Sm.

Status: Synonym

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 2(6): 63 (1952)

Type: BRAZIL: Pernambuco: Terrestrial, Serra Negra, near the Paraiba line, 350 m, 13 Oct. 1948, M. B. Foster 2431 (holotype, US).

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Taxonomic Change:

• Considered a synonym of Cryptanthus zonatus (Vis.) Vis. —See Alves & Marcucci 2015 p. 662