Billbergia brasiliensis L.B.Sm. (1943)

Synonyms:

• Helicodea leopoldii hort. Versch. ex Lem. (1864)
• Billbergia leopoldii (hort. Verschaff. ex Lem.) Linden ex Houllet (1869)
• Billbergia ianthina hort. ex E.Morren (1871)
• Billbergia nuptialis hort. Makoy ex E.Morren (1871)
• Billbergia kuhlmannii L.B.Sm. (1950)
• Billbergia velascana Cárdenas (1957)
• Billbergia mohammadii R.Vásquez & Ibisch (2000)

Billbergia velascana Cárdenas

Status: status as synonym not yet published

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 7(3): 35-36 (1957)

Type: Bolivia. Province of Velasco. Depart¬ment of Santa Cruz. San Ignacio, 500 m. December 1955. Collector, Father Lorenzo Hammerschmidt. No. 5486 (Type) in Herbarium Cardenasianum.

Description: click here.

Taxonomic Notes:

• Considered a synonym of Billbergia brasiliensis (personal communication with EG)
• Considered a synonym of Billbergia brasiliensis L.B.Smith —See Butcher & Gouda 2017 p. 22-26