Bromelia karatas L.  (in part, as to questioned synonym above, not as to type described as ("...paniculata diffusa"), sensu Jacquin) (1753)

Synonyms:

• Caraguata acanga Piso (1648)
• Karatas foliis altissimis foliis altissimis etc Plum. (1703)
• Bromelia acanga L. (1767)
• Bromelia nudicaulis Lam (1783)
• Bromelia acaulis Stokes (1812)
• Bromelia acanga Schult. & Schult.f. (1830)
• Nidularium karatas Lem. ex Griseb. (1865)
• Karatas plumieri E.Morren (1872)
• Bromelia plumieri (E.Morren) L.B.Sm. (1967)

Bromelia acanga L.  (as to above synonyms; but not as to type which is some species with a long inflorescence)

Status: Synonym

Publ: Syst. Veg. ed. 12, 2: 232 (1767)

Taxonomic Change:

• considered a synonym of Bromelia karatas in WCSP —See WCSP
• Considered a synonym of Bromelia hemisphaerica Lamarck (as to synonyms, but not as to type, which is some species with a long inflorescence) —See Smith & Downs 1979 p. 1678