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genus Hohenbergiopsis L.B.Sm. & R.W, Read

(subfam. Bromelioideae)

Publ: Phytologia 33(7): 440 (1976)

Type: Hohenbergia guatemalensis L. B. Smith, Lilloa (Contr. Gray Herb. 137:) 6: 382, pl. 1,figs. 1-4. 1941.

Number of species: 1

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Genus Notes:

Phytologia 33: 440. 1976.
Type Hohenbergia guatemalensis L.B. Sm., Lilloa 6: 382. 1941. Hohenbergiopsis guatemalensis (L.B. Sm.) L.B. Sm. & Read, Phytologia 33: 440. 1976. Currently recognized as a monospecific genus in the subfam. Bromelioideae. Named for its resemblance (Greek opsis, sight or appearance) to the genus Hohenbergia.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)