Pitcairnia spicata (Lam.) Mez (1896)

Synonyms:

• Bromelia foliis radicalibus brevibus & aculeatis, foliis radicalibus brevibus & aculeatis, caulinis Plum. (1755-1760)
• Bromelia pyramidata foliorum imis pyramidata foliorum imis aculeatis Plum. ex Lamarck (1783)
• Bromelia spicata Lam. (1783)
• Pourretia magnispatha hort. ex K.Koch bis (1825)
• Pitcairnia furfuracea Sims (1826)
• Pitcairnia albucifolia Schrad. (1827)
• Pitcairnia spec. fol. spec. fol. etc Voigt (1828)
• Billbergia purpurea Beer (1856)
• Bromelia pyramidata purpurea pyramidata purpurea etc. Beer (1856)
• Pitcairnia ringens sensu Beer (1856)
• Pitcairnia affinis C.Koch (1858)
• Pitcairnia pruinosa hort. ex K.Koch bis (1858)
• Pitcairnia angustifolia E.Morren ex Baker (1889)
• Pitcairnia latifolia var. furfuracea Baker (1889)
• Hepetis albucifolia (Schrad.) Mez (1896)
• Hepetis spicata (Lam.) Mez (1896)

Pitcairnia furfuracea Sims  (non Willd., 1809)

Status: nom.illeg. (later homonym, icn article 53.1)

Publ: Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2657 (1826)

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Taxonomic Notes:

• Treated as a variety of Pitcairnia latifolia —See Baker 1889
• Treated as a synonym of Pitcairnia albucifolia (Schrader) Mez = Pitcairnia spicata (Lam.) Mez sensu Smith & Downs —See Mez 1935