genus Sincoraea Ule |
(subfam. Bromelioideae)Publ: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 191 (1908)
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 191. 1908.
Type Sincoraea amoena Ule, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 191. 1908. Orthophytum amoenum (Ule) L.B. Sm., Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 126: 33. 1955. Currently considered a synonym of Orthophytum. Named after the mountain Serra do Sincorá, Bahia, Brazil, where the type was collected.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)