Billbergia chlorosticta hort. Saunders ex W.Marshall
Status: Basionym
Publ: Gard. Chron. 1425 (1871)
Type: Saunders Hortus s n (clonotypes, MO, NY, US). Typified by the later equivalent Billbergia saundersii Bull Hortus ex Dombrain
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Taxonomic Change:
- Considered a synonym of Billbergia saundersii Bull. because the name was not intentionally published ("incidental mention" in the ICBN code). This "incidental mention" has been removed from the code. The description given is sufficient to make the publication (1871) of the name valid, see Smith & Downs 1979 and is followed here. (R.W. Read, Taxon 34: 294, 341-342. 1985)
- Considered the name not validly published and a synonym of Billbergia saundersii Hort. Bull. (following Baker 1889). —See Mez 1935
