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genus Glomeropitcairnia Harms

(tribus Glomeropitcairnieae)

Publ: Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 5: 232 (1905)

Type: species. Tillandsia penduliflora Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. Indies 597. 1864.

Number of species: 2

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Genus Notes:

Bull Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 5: 232. 28 Feb 1905, based on Pitcairnia subg. Glomeropitcairnia Mez in C. DC., Monogr. phan. 9: 463. Jan 1896.
Type Tillandsia penduliflora Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind.: 597. 1864. Pitcairnia penduliflora (Griseb.) Mez in C. DC., Monogr. phan. 9: 463. Jan 1896. Glomeropitcairnia penduliflora (Griseb.) Mez, Bull Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 5: 232. 28 Feb 1905. Currently recognized in the subfam. Tillandsioideae. See Gilmartin & Brown (in J. Bromeliad Soc. 36: 104-106. 1986). From the Latin glomus, ball, and the generic name Pitcairnia.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)