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genus Wittmackia Mez

(subfam. Bromelioideae)

Publ: Bromeliaceae (part 1) 3 (3): 179, 274 (1891)

Type: Bromelia lingulata Linnaeus

Number of species: 46

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Genus Notes:

in Mart., Fl. bras. 3(3): 180, 274. 1 Nov 1891.
Lecto Type Bromelia lingulata L., Sp. pl.: 285. 1 Mai 1753, designated by L.B. Smith (in ING Card No. 03491. 16 Jul 1957). Aechmea lingulata (L.) Baker, J. Bot. 17: 164. 1879. Wittmackia lingulata (L.) Mez in Mart., Fl. bras. 3(3): 275. 1 Nov 1891. Currently considered a synonym of Aechmea. Named in honor of German botanist Marx Carl Ludwig Wittmack (1839-1929), author of the bromeliad treatment in Engler’s ‘Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien’ Ed. 1, II. Teil, 4 Abteilung: 32-59. 1887-1888.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)